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Assistant Commissioner Michael James Condon v. Pompano Pty Ltd and Anor

Case No. B59/2012
Case information

Catchwords

Constitutional law (Cth) – Judicial power of Commonwealth – Constitution, Ch III – Vesting of federal jurisdiction in State courts – Criminal Organisation Act 2009 (Q) ('the Act') – The Act creates a scheme whereby the Commissioner of the Police Service ('the Commissioner') may apply to the Supreme Court for a declaration that an organisation is a 'criminal organisation' – The Act contemplates, inter alia, that in any substantive application under the Act that the Commissioner may rely on 'criminal intelligence' which cannot be disclosed to the respondent or the respondent's legal representative – Whether requirements, taken individually or in their cumulative operation, placed on Supreme Court in deciding if an organisation should be declared, repugnant to, or incompatible with, institutional integrity.

Short Particulars

Documents

05/10/2012 Hearing (Removal, Canberra by v/link to Brisbane)

24/10/2012 Cause removed

26/10/2012 Hearing (Single Justice, Brisbane)

09/11/2012 Written submissions (Respondents)

23/11/2012 Written submissions (Applicant and the Attorney-General of the State of Queensland intervening)

28/11/2012 Written submissions (Attorney-General of the Commonwealth intervening)

28/11/2012 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales intervening)

28/11/2012 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of Victoria intervening)

28/11/2012 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of Western Australia intervening)

28/11/2012 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of South Australia intervening)

28/11/2012 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the Northern Territory intervening)

30/11/2012 Reply

04/12/2012 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)

05/12/2012 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)

14/03/2013 Judgment  (Judgment summary)