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Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2024] FCA 1237

The Federal Court dismissed Mastercard’s application for leave to appeal against an interlocutory decision taking judicial notice of RBA statistical information under s 85A.

  • Judicial notice
  • Statistical evidence
  • Leave to appeal
  • Competition and consumer act
  • Judicial-notice
  • Leave-to-appeal
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Criminal law

Jones v R

Jones v R [2024] NSWDC 448

The District Court allowed Christopher Jones’s conviction appeal after finding the drug test evidence should have been excluded under s 138.

  • Appeal against conviction
  • Drug driving
  • Evidence exclusion
  • Judicial notice
  • Credibility assessment
  • Drug-driving
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Practice and procedure

Clarke v Health Care Complaints Commission

Clarke v Health Care Complaints Commission [2024] FCA 753

Federal Court partly allowed an appeal against vexatious proceedings orders, correcting the scope of a restraint and otherwise upholding the order.

  • Vexatious proceedings
  • Appeal procedures
  • Judicial notice
  • Collateral attack
  • Abuse of process
  • Vexatious-proceedings
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Criminal law

McDiarmid v R

McDiarmid v R [2023] NSWCCA 322

The Court of Criminal Appeal allowed an appeal against a special verdict, holding there was no evidence to support findings about the applicant’s brain impairment and its effect.

  • Appeals
  • Special verdict
  • Mental health impairment
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Judicial notice
  • Criminal-appeal
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Criminal law

R v Nacovski

R v Nacovski [2021] NSWDC 71

The District Court dismissed a conviction appeal, finding the appellant proved guilty of trespass on prohibited Commonwealth land and ignoring a traffic controller’s direction.

  • Trespass on prohibited commonwealth land
  • Failure to obey direction of authorised person
  • Burden of proof
  • Judicial notice
  • Lawful excuse under s.89(1) of commonwealth crimes act 1914
  • Trespass-on-commonwealth-land
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Criminal law

Drew v R

Drew v R [2016] NSWCCA 310

Sentence appeal in a serious domestic violence stabbing case. The Court found error in the vulnerability reasoning but dismissed the appeal, leaving the sentence in place.

  • Sentence appeal
  • Domestic violence
  • Aggravating factors
  • Vulnerability of victim
  • Worst category
  • Manifestly excessive
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Criminal law

Aytugrul v The Queen

Aytugrul v The Queen [2012] HCA 15

The High Court held that exclusion-percentage DNA evidence was not inadmissible in this case, because it was explained with the matching frequency ratio and did not unfairly prejudice or mislead the jury.

  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Dna evidence
  • Probative value vs unfair prejudice
  • Judicial notice
  • Statistical evidence
  • Exclusion of evidence
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Trade practices

Domain Names Australia Pty Ltd v .au Domain Administration Ltd

Domain Names Australia Pty Ltd v .au Domain Administration Ltd [2004] FCAFC 247

The Full Court dismissed appeals over misleading domain-name renewal notices, holding the trial judge correctly applied s 52 and did not need recipient evidence.

  • Misleading and deceptive conduct
  • Domain name registration
  • Judicial notice
  • Characteristics of recipients
  • S 52 trade practices act
  • Misleading-and-deceptive-conduct
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Contract law

Gattellaro v Westpac Banking Corporation

Gattellaro v Westpac Banking Corporation [2004] HCA 6

The High Court dismissed an appeal about judicial notice and an alleged guarantee, holding the appellants failed to prove facts needed to displace liability.

  • Guarantee
  • Judicial notice
  • Burden of proof
  • Mortgage
  • Contracts review act
  • Co-surety liability
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Contract law

Wallera Pty Ltd v CGM Investments Pty Ltd

Wallera Pty Ltd v CGM Investments Pty Ltd [2003] FCAFC 279

The Full Federal Court held that a Melbourne franchise agreement had not been abandoned by years of inactivity, allowing the appeal and restoring the question for further hearing.

  • Abandonment of contract
  • Interpretation of contracts
  • Judicial notice
  • Abandonment-of-contract
  • Judicial-notice
  • Franchise-agreements
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