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Alford v Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services

[2018] HCA 57
Case number
B59/2018
Before
Gordon J
Catchwords

Interlocutory order – Application for stay or injunction – Where Parliamentary Joint Committee conducting inquiry – Where plaintiffs directed to appear before Committee – Where plaintiffs sought to restrain Committee's exercise of power – Whether plaintiffs established prima facie case for relief – Whether balance of convenience favoured relief.

Words and phrases – "compel", "joint committee", "parliamentary privileges".

Constitution – ss 49, 50.

Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987 (Cth) – ss 3, 16.

Files
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