Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Baker v Commonwealth of Australia [2012] FCAFC 121 Citation: Baker v Commonwealth of Australia [2012] FCAFC 121
Parties: BARBARA AVALON BAKER, EVELYN RUTH BENDER, JAMES HAROLD BREWSTER, PHILLIP DONALD BURCHARDT, MICHAEL JOHN FRANCIS BURNETT, GILES ANTHONY COAKES, MICHAEL KEVIN CONNOLLY, ANNE ELIZABETH DEMACK, NORAH HELENE HARTNETT, LOUISE HELEN HENDERSON, KATE HELENA HUGHES, CHARLOTTE MARIE SIMEON KELLY, STUART HAMILTON LINDSAY, TERRENCE JOHN MCGUIRE, DANIEL PATRICK O'DWYER, MAURICE BEAUMONT PHIPPS, GRANT THEO RIETHMULLER, HEATHER MARGARET RILEY, STUART ALDEN ROBERTS, JEFFREY FRANK EDWARD TURNER, JOHN MYER WALTERS, DOMINICA MARY WHELAN, RONALD DAVID CURTAIN and MATTHEW DAVID MYERS v COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
File number: NSD 1658 of 2011
Judges: KEANE CJ, LANDER AND PERRAM JJ
Date of judgment: 31 August 2012
Corrigendum 17 December 2012
Catchwords: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – Judicial pensions – Federal Magistrates – s 72(iii) of the Constitution – constitutional requirement of judicial independence – apprehension of dependence or partiality by reasonable well-informed lay observer
Legislation: Constitution Ch III, ss 71, 72 Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) s 15A Federal Magistrates (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999 (Cth) s 3, cl 1 of Sch 18 Federal Magistrates Act 1999 (Cth) ss 2, 3 and 8, cl 5(1), 8(1), 9H of Sch 1 Judges' Pensions Act 1968 (Cth) ss 4, 6 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 44(3) Federal Magistrates (Terms and Conditions of Appointment) Determination 2000 (Cth) cl 2(1)
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