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Case information
Catchwords
Constitutional law – Validity of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – Where plaintiff had been a director of a company on a number of occasions – Where company was subsequently placed into administration – Where Federal Court issued summons, pursuant to s 596A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), to plaintiff requiring plaintiff’s attendance to be examined and to produce documents – Whether s 596A is an exercise of judicial power.
Documents
12/09/2016 Writ of summons
12/09/2016 Notice of constitutional matter (Plaintiff)
15/09/2016 Hearing (Single Justice, Brisbane)
06/10/2016 Written submissions (Plaintiff)
06/10/2016 Chronology (Plaintiff)
10/10/2016 Hearing (Single Justice, Canberra v/link Sydney & Brisbane)
24/10/2016 Written submissions (First Defendants)
24/10/2016 Written submissions (Second Defendants)
28/10/2016 Written submissions (Attorney-General of the Commonwealth intervening)
28/10/2016 Written submissions (Attorney-General of the State of Queensland intervening)
28/10/2016 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of Victoria intervening)
28/10/2016 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of South Australia intervening)
03/11/2016 Reply
10/11/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
08/02/2017 Judgment (Judgment Summary)