Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Spencer v Commonwealth of Australia [2014] FCA 1315 Citation: Spencer v Commonwealth of Australia [2014] FCA 1315
Parties: PETER JAMES SPENCER v COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA and STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES
File number: ACD 24 of 2007
Judge: MORTIMER J
Date of judgment: 4 December 2014
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Evidence – objections to admissibility of documents – objections allowed in part
Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 136 Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987 (Cth) s 16 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Art 31
Cases cited: Applicant A v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1997) 190 CLR 225 Commonwealth v Tasmania (The Tasmanian Dam Case) (1983) 158 CLR 1 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v QAAH of 2004 (2006) 231 CLR 1; [2006] HCA 53 Spencer v Commonwealth [2014] FCA 1288
Date of hearing: 2 December 2014
Date of last submissions: 2 December 2014
Place: Sydney
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 52
Counsel for the Applicant: The Applicant appeared in person
Counsel for the First Respondent: Mr R Lancaster SC with Mr C Lenehan
Solicitor for the First Respondent: Australian Government Solicitor
Counsel for the Second Respondent: Mr J Kirk SC with Ms A Rao
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