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Spencer v Commonwealth

(2010) 241 CLR 118
JurisdictionAustralia
Year2010
Statusunclear

Key Principle

summary dismissal; claim must be so obviously untenable that it cannot possibly succeed; high threshold

Area of Law

procedure

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