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Tajjour v. State of New South Wales
Hawthorne v. State of New South Wales
Forster v. State of New South Wales

Case No. S36/2014; S37/2014; S38/2014
Case information

Catchwords

Constitutional law - Limitation on State legislative power – Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ("Act") s 93X - Implied freedom of association – Whether s 93X of Act impermissibly burdens implied freedom of association.

Constitutional law – Limitation on State legislative power – Implied freedom of political communication – Whether s 93X of Act impermissibly burdens implied freedom of political communication.

Constitutional law – Commonwealth executive power conferred by s 61 of the Constitution – Exercise of executive power ratifying International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights article 22 – Whether s 93X of Act undermines executive power of Commonwealth in circumstances where it restricts exercise of freedom of association.

Short particulars

Documents

14/02/2014 Hearing (Removal, Sydney)

21/02/2014 Cause removed

05/03/2014 Hearing (Single Justice, Canberra v/link to Sydney)

26/03/2014 Written submissions (Plaintiff - Forster)

26/03/2014 Chronology (Plaintiff - Forster)

28/03/2014 Written submissions (Plaintiffs - Tajjour & Hawthorne)

28/03/2014 Chronology (Plaintiff - Tajjour)

28/03/2014 Chronology (Plaintiff - Hawthorne)

10/04/2014 Written submissions (Australian Human Rights Commission seeking leave to intervene or appear as amicus curiae)

14/04/2014 Written submissions (Defendant)

28/04/2014 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of Victoria intervening)

28/04/2014 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of South Australia intervening)

28/04/2014 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of Western Australia intervening)

29/04/2014 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of Queensland intervening)

12/05/2014 Reply (Plaintiff - Tajjour)

12/05/2014 Reply (Plaintiff - Hawthorne)

12/05/2014 Reply (Plaintiff - Forster)

05/06/2014 Amended written submissions (Plaintiff - Forster)

10/06/2014 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

11/06/2014 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

08/10/2014 Judgment  (Judgment summary)