Slater, Merrilee Margaret v The Honourable Jeffrey Allan Miles Slater, Merrilee Margaret v Registrar Allan Jeffrey Towill & Anor [1998] FCA 1370

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

COURTS AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM – Federal Court of Australia – Mandamus – jurisdiction of Federal Court to issue to a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory - s 39B of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) COURTS AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM – Federal Court of Australia – Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory - whether the Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory are "officers of the Commonwealth" – whether the Registrar and the Sheriff of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory are "officers of the Commonwealth" – whether matter arose under a law of the Parliament Matrimonial Causes Act 1959 (Cth), s 86 Family Law Act 1976 (Cth), s 40(3) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 39B(1), s 39B(1A)(c) Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933 (Cth), s 3, s 4, s 20(1), s 46, s 47, s 50 Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cth), s 7, s 22, s 34, s 48D ACT Supreme Court (Transfer) Act 1992 (Cth)

Capital TV and Appliances Pty Ltd v Falconer (1971) 125 CLR 591 (Applied) Kruger v The Commonwealth (1997) 190 CLR 1 (Referred to) Capital Duplicators Pty Ltd v Australian Capital Territory (1992) 177 CLR 248 (Referred to) LNC Industries Ltd v BMW (Australia) Ltd (1983) 151 CLR 575 (Referred to) R v Anderson; Ex parte Bateman (1978) 21 ALR 56 (Referred to) Trimbole v Dugan (1984) 3 FCR 324 (Referred to) Re McJannet; Ex parte Australian Workers' Union of Employees, Queensland [No 2] (1997) 189 CLR 654 (Applied)

MERRILEE MARGARET SLATER (Applicant) v THE HONOURABLE JEFFREY ALLAN MILES (Respondent) AG 16 of 1998 MERRILEE MARGARET SLATER (Applicant) v REGISTRAR ALLAN JEFFREY TOWILL (First Respondent) SHERIFF JILL CIRCOSTA (Second Respondent) AG 24 of 1998 FINN J CANBERRA 16 OCTOBER 1998