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Pollentine and Anor v. The Honourable Jarrod Pieter Bleijie Attorney-General for the State of Queensland and Ors

Case No. B39/2013
Case information

Catchwords

Plaintiffs convicted for sexual offences in 1984 - detained at Her Majesty's pleasure pursuant to s 18 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1945 (Qld) - whether s 18 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1945 is invalid and beyond the legislative competence of the Parliament of Qld.

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Documents

30/07/2013 Writ of summons

08/08/2013 Submitting appearance (Third Defendant)

25/09/2013 Hearing (Single Justice, Brisbane)

19/11/2013 Notice of constitutional matter (Plaintiffs)

22/11/2013 Case Stated

11/12/2013 Hearing (Single Justice, Brisbane)

28/02/2014 Hearing (Single Justice, Brisbane)

17/04/2014 Written submissions (Plaintiffs)

19/05/2014 Written submissions (Defendants)

22/05/2014 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales intervening)

22/05/2014 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of Western Australia intervening)

23/05/2014 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of South Australia intervening)

03/06/2014 Reply

17/06/2014 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

14/08/2014 Judgment  (Judgment summary)