Australia Leading Case uncategorized

Salemi v MacKellar (No 2)

[1977] HCA 26; (1977) 137 CLR 396

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year1977

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A statutory power to deport a 'prohibited immigrant' could be exercised without first affording the affected person a hearing; natural justice was held not to condition the exercise of that power.

Area of Law

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