Federal Court of Australia
we ees
—_-
te abhstlie a
*470
Administrative law - Judicial review - decisions of maaqistrate Made im course ot preliminarv hearing - revocation ot letter of request issued by Court of Pettv Sessions - order that documents obtained be returned to Hong Kong - power of Court of Pettv
Sessions to issue letter of request - whether issue of letter of
request a procedural matter - power ot Court of Pettv Sessions to regulate own procedures - whether issue of letter of request adjectival or substantive - form of letter of request -
application ex parte - evidence taken without notice to defendants - use of letter of request procedure to obtain documents - whether documents obtained pursuant to letter of request admissible -
whether decisions of magistrate administrative or judicial
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 3.5
Supreme Court Act 1935 (WA) Part III
Evidence Act Amendment Act 1974 (WA)
Hong Kong Evidence Ordinance ss.75, 76, 77, 77B
JAMES KENNETH PARSONS, IAN STEPHEN JAMES, PATRICK REDMOND McCARTHY v. IAN GEOFFREY MARTIN, IAN McKENZIE MURCHISON, PETER HUGH LLOYD, PETER D'ARCY CLARKE, DAVID JOHN GERMAIN, JOHN MICHAEL GILLON, ROBIN DAVID HUSTON, JOHN ARTHUR PRIDEAUX (REX) BOYDEN, ROGER JAMES HUNTINGDON
No. WA G80 of 1984
BOWEN C.J., NORTHROP & TOOHEY JJ.
PERTH
34 DECEMBER 1984
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY GENERAL DIVISION
JUDGES MAKING ORDER :
DATE OF ORDER WHERE MADE
No. WA G80 of 1984
—_ ee ww
ON APPEAL from the Federal Court of Australia
BETWEEN:
JAMES KENNETH PARSONS First Appellant
TAN STEPHEN JAMES
Second Appellant
PATRICK REDMOND McCARTHY Third Appellant
and
IAN GEOFFREY MARTIN First Respondent
IAN McKENZIE MURCHISON Second Respondent
PETER HUGH LLOYD, PETER D'ARCY CLARKE, DAVID JOHN GERMAIN, JOHN MICHAETL GILLON Third Respondents
ROBIN DAVID HUSTON Fourth Respondent
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate