NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Gargan v Magistrate Dillon & Anor [2005] NSWSC 1106
HEARING DATE(S) : 25/10/05
JUDGMENT DATE : 4 November 2005
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
DECISION : Order for summary dismissal of all claims in statement of claim. Plaintiff's notice of motion dismissed. Question of costs reserved with liberty for defendants to apply.
CATCHWORDS : CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - whether s.80 of the Constitution precludes summary determination of charge under Bankruptcy Act by State Magistrate sitting alone - whether Statute of Monopolies (21 James 1 c.3) has that effect - whether trial of offences under Bankruptcy Act cognisable only by Federal Court - whether Federal Court constituted in a manner inconsistent with Kable v The Queen - whether jurisdiction of Local Court to determine summarily charge under Bankruptcy Act is denied by International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or by Almighty God via the Queen's Coronation Oath - whether Supreme Court may question or review order of Federal Court - observations on "pseudo technical legal rubbish"
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth), s.26(d) Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), ss.54, 273 Constitution of the Commonwealth, s.80 LEGISLATION CITED : Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s.78B Statute of Monopolies (21 James 1 c.3) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r.13.4
Cheng v The Queen (2000) 203 CLR 248 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Gargan (2004) 206 ALR 571 Gargan v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2004] FCA 641 Gargan v Director of Public Prosecutions (2004) 144 A Crim R 296 Jones v Daniel (2004) 12 BPR 22,145 Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (1997) 189 CLR 51 Kingswell v The Queen (1985) 159 CLR 264 CASES CITED : Little v State of Victoria [1999] VSCA 113 Lohe v Gargan [2000] QSC 140 Pearce v Cocchiaro (1977) 51 ALJR 608 R v Archdall; Ex parte Carrigan (1928) 41 CLR 128 R v Federal Court of Bankruptcy; Ex parte Lowenstein (1938) 59 CLR 556 Re Kavanagh's Application (2003) 78 ALJR 305 Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1
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