NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 132 LGERA 296
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Hansen v Electoral Commissioner for New South Wales [2004] NSWSC 348 HEARING DATE(S) : 13 April 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 April 2004
JUDGMENT OF : Simpson J DECISION : Election void; new poll to be conducted
CATCHWORDS : declaration of poll - election of councillors to the Snowy River Shire Council - extent of non-compliance with the Regulation - consequences of acknowledged irregularities - pre-poll voting procedures - exclusion of votes from poll - precedent LEGISLATION CITED : Local Goverment Act 1993 s.296, s.312, s.313, s.317 Local Government (Elections) Regulation 1998 cl.43, cll.51-53, cl.70, cl.78, cl.81 Bowen v Hinchcliffe (1924) 24 SR (NSW) 262 Bridge v Bowen (1916) 21 CLR 582 Ex-parte Hinds; re Penboss [1972] 2 NSWLR 542 CASES CITED : Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; 194 CLR 355 Raggatt v Fletcher and Willunga District Council (1990) 69 LGRA 367 Re O'Hanlon: ex-parte Collins (1919) VLR 79 Scarcella v Morgan [1962] VR 201 Woodward v Sarsons (1875) L.R. 10 C.P. 733 PARTIES : Peter Hansen - Plaintiff Electoral Commissioner for New South Wales - Defendant FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 30023/04 COUNSEL : LT Grey - Plaintiff N Perram - Defendant SOLICITORS : Nyman Gibson Stewart - Plaintiff I V Knight - Defendant
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST
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