Save Our Suburbs (SOS) NSW Inc v. Electoral Commisisoner of NSW [2002] NSWSC 785

Reported Decision : (2002) 55 NSWLR 642

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Save Our Suburbs (SOS) NSW Inc v. Electoral Commisisoner of NSW [2002] NSWSC 785 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division Administrative Law List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 30048/2002 HEARING DATE(S) : 19 & 20/08/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 August 2002

PARTIES : Save Our Suburbs (SOS) NSW Inc - Plaintiff Electoral Commissioner of NSW - Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Burchett AJ at 1

COUNSEL : J. Kirk - Plaintiff N. Perram - Defendant SOLICITORS : Public Interest Advocacy Centre - Plaintiff I V Knight Crown Solicitor - Defendant CATCHWORDS : ELECTIONS - registration of parties - conditions to be fulfilled - judicial review of decision of Electoral Commissioner - whether registration can be effected retrospectively - whether retrospective amendment of date of registration can be made. LEGISLATION CITED : Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1912 Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Regulation 2001 Re Bolton; Ex parte Beane (1987) 162 CLR 514 Coco v. The Queen (1994) 179 CLR 427 Green v. Daniels (1977) 13 ALR 1 Pattanasri v. Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1993) 34 ALD 169 Howells v. Nagrad Nominees Pty Ltd (1982) 66 FLR 169 The Queen v. Anderson; Ex Parte Ipec-Air Pty Ltd (1965) 113 CLR 177 CASES CITED : Hospital Benefit Fund of Western Australia Inc v. Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services (1992) 39 FCR 225 Muin v. Minister for Immigration [2002] HCA 30 Shanahan v. Scott (1957) 96 CLR 245 Utah Construction & Engineering Pty Ltd v. Pataky (1966) AC 629 Willocks v. Anderson (1971) 124 CLR 293 Peking Palace Ltd v. Trizec Construction Limited (1987) 20 BCLR (2d) 161 Duchow v. New York State Teamsters Conference (1982) 691 F 2d 74 DECISION : Defendant to effect the registration of the plaintiff.