Catchwords
Constitutional law – Trial by jury for Commonwealth indictable offences – Whether s 80 of the Constitution can be read to permit a state Parliament to pass a statute allowing for a trial to be by a judge alone where the prosecution and accused agree or the accused seeks that outcome and the Court considers it in the interest of justice – Whether such a position would be consistent with Brown v The Queen.
15/12/2015 Hearing (Single Justice, Perth v/link Sydney)
15/12/2015 Cause removed
22/12/2015 Notice of constitutional matter (Attorney-General of the Commonwealth intervening)
21/01/2016 Written submissions (Appellant)
21/01/2016 Chronology
25/01/2016 Written submissions (Attorney-General of the Commonwealth intervening)
25/01/2016 Written submissions (Attorney-General of the State of Queensland intervening)
25/01/2016 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of Tasmania intervening)
25/01/2016 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of Victoria intervening)
29/01/2016 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of South Australia intervening)
02/02/2016 Written submission (Respondent)
05/02/2016 Reply (Appellant)
05/02/2016 Reply (Attorney-General of the Commonwealth, intervening)
10/02/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
15/06/2016 Reasons for Judgment (Judgment summary)