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Criminal law – Evidence – Judicial discretion to admit or exclude evidence – Section 47B(1)(a) of Road Traffic Act 1961 (SA) created offence for person to drive motor vehicle while prescribed concentration of alcohol present in blood – Section 47K(1) of …

Polites v Commonwealth …

Polkinghorne v Holland …

Constitutional law – Constitution, Ch III – Institutional integrity of State courts - Section 18(1) of Criminal Law Amendment Act 1945 (Q) allowed trial judge to direct two or more medical practitioners to inquire as to mental condition of person found …

Criminal law – Defences - Provocation - Elements of provocation - Meaning of "sudden" - Whether accused's loss of self-control must immediately follow provocation - Scope of objective test - Whether there exists a discrete requirement that accused must …

Intellectual property – Designs - Infringement of a registered design - Fraudulent imitation of a registered design - Where alleged infringing design sufficiently different not to be an obvious imitation - Whether fraudulent imitation requires that …

Intellectual property – Designs - Infringement of a registered design - Fraudulent imitation of a registered design - Where alleged infringing design was devised by modifying an initial design after allegation that initial design constituted infringement …

Poole v Attorney-General (Cth) …

Poole v Wah Min Chan …

Trade practices – Competition – Access to services – Where declared service under Pt IIIA of Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) ("Act") for provision of right to access and use certain infrastructure at Port of Newcastle ("Port") – Where operator of …

Constitutional law – States - Reception of English law - Status in Victoria of constitutional principle recognised in s 12 of Bill of Rights 1688. Contract – Construction - Enforceability of contractual obligation - Treasurer of State of Victoria directed …