Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Palmer v State of Western Australia [2020] FCA 962 File number: QUD 183 of 2020
Judge: RANGIAH J
Date of judgment: 9 July 2020
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for adjournment of hearing – where parties agreed that hearing should be expedited because of national importance of case – where respondents' expert called in to assist with management of COVID-19 outbreak in Victoria and has become unavailable – adjournment allowed
Legislation: Constitution s 92
Date of hearing: 8 July 2020
Registry: Queensland
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 27
Counsel for the Applicants: Mr P Dunning QC with Mr R Scheelings and Mr P Ward
Solicitor for the Applicants: Jonathan Shaw Solicitor
Counsel for the Respondents: Mr J Thomson SC with Mr J Berson
Solicitor for the Respondents: State Solicitor's Office of Western Australia
Counsel for Intervener (Solicitor-General of Commonwealth) Mr S Donaghue with Mr P Herzfeld, Mr M Hosking and Ms S Zeleznikow
Solicitor for Intervener (Solicitor-General of Commonwealth) Australian Government Solicitor
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