The Federal and State Courts on Constitutional Law: The 2011 Term

Justice Alan Robertson - Federal Court of Australia 

17 February 2012

Federal Courts

Family Court
1.	Wallace & Stelzer [2011] FamCA 54; (2011) 44 Fam LR 648 (31 January 2011)
2.	Babbit v Babbit [2011] FamCAFC 151; (2011) 252 FLR 1 (19 July 2011)

Federal Court
3.	Australian Education Union v Lee [2010] FCAFC 153; 189 FCR 259 (20 December 2010)
4.	Heli-Aust Ltd v Cahill [2011] FCAFC 62; (2011) 277 ALR 332 (11 May 2011)
5.	Cheedy on behalf of the Yindjibarndi People v State of Western Australia [2011] FCAFC 100; (2011) 194 FCR 562 (12 August 2011)
6.	Sportsbet Pty Ltd v The State of Victoria [2011] FCA 961; (2011) 282 ALR 423 (22 August 2011)
7.	Birdon Pty Ltd v Houben Marine Pty Ltd  [2011] FCAFC 126; (2011) 197 FCR 25 (13 October 2011)

State Courts

Western Australia
8.	Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Kamal [2011] WASCA 55; (2011) 248 FLR 64; 206 A Crim R 397 (15 March 2011) 
9.	Seiffert v Prisoners Review Board [2011] WASCA 148 (8 July 2011)
10.	Seddon v Medical Assessment Panel [No 2] [2012] WASC 1 (10 January 2012) – (related to the order nisi granted in Seddon v Medical Assessment Panel [2011] WASC 237 (8 September 2011)

South Australia
11.	The Corporation of the City of Adelaide v Corneloup [2011] SASCFC 84; 252 FLR 418; 110 SASR 334 (10 August 2011) 

Tasmania
Nothing to report

Queensland
12.	R v CAZ [2011] QCA 231; (2011) 253 FLR 186 (13 September 2011)
13.	Hart v Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions [2011] QCA 351 (6 December 2011)
14.	R v Huston; R v Fox; R v Henke [2011] QCA 349 (6 December 2011)

Victoria
15.	John Holland Group Pty Ltd v Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union [2011] VSCA 396 (29 November 2011)

New South Wales
16.	Commissioner of Police v Sleiman & AVS Group of Companies Pty Ltd & Ors [2011] NSWCA 21; (2011) 78 NSWLR 340 (21 February 2011)
17.	BUSB v R [2011] NSWCCA 39; (2011) 248 FLR 368 (11 March 2011)
18.	Hoxton Park Residents Action Group Inc v Liverpool City Council (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 363 (25 November 2011)
19.	Monis, Man Haron v R; Droudis, Amirah v R [2011] NSWCCA 231 (6 December 2011)
20.	Chevalley v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 357 (24 November 2011)

Territory Courts 
ACT Supreme Court 
Nothing to report

NT Supreme Court
21.	Dickfoss v DPP [2012] NTCA 1 (13 January 2012) dismissing an appeal from DPP v Dickfoss [2011] NTSC 4; (2011) 28 NTLR 71; (2011) 249 FLR 374 (14 January 2011).