Binsaris v. Northern Territory of Australia
Webster v. Northern Territory of Australia
O’Shea v. Northern Territory of Australia
Austral v. Northern Territory of Australia
Case No.
D11/2019, D12/2019, D13/2019 and D14/2019
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
18/02/2019 Supreme Court of the Northern Territory (Southwood J, Riley J, Graham AJ)
[2019] NTCA 1 (see also [2019] NTCA 3 and [2019] NTCA 4)
Catchwords
Statutory interpretation – Power of superintendent of youth detention centre – Use of CS gas (form of tear gas) in youth detention centre – Where prison officers called upon to assist at youth detention centre – Where CS gas was deployed – Whether exemption in s 12(2) of Weapons Control Act (NT) applied to deployment of CS gas by prison officer at youth detention centre – Whether superintendent’s general power under s 152(1) of Youth Justice Act (NT) limited by s 153(3).
Documents*
16/08/2019 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)
30/08/2019 Notice of appeal
04/10/2019 Joint written submissions (Appellants)
04/10/2019 Joint chronology (Appellants)
16/10/2019 Summonses seeking leave to file amended Notices of Appeal (Appellants)
01/11/2019 Written submissions (Respondent's consolidated)
22/11/2019 Reply and submissions on the notice of contention (Appellants)
18/03/2020 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
18/03/2020 Outline of oral argument (Appellants)
18/03/2020 Outline of oral argument (Respondent)
03/06/2020 Judgment (Judgment summary)