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Fuller v Lawrence

[2024] HCA 45
Case number
B24/2024
Before
Gageler CJ, Gordon, Edelman, Gleeson, Beech-Jones JJ
Catchwords

Administrative law – Judicial review – Decision of administrative character made under an enactment – Where prisoner was subject to supervision order of Supreme Court of Queensland – Where Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld) required supervision order to contain requirement that prisoner comply with every reasonable direction of corrective services officer – Whether prisoner entitled to reasons for direction – Whether Act source of direction's effect on prisoner's legal obligations.

Words and phrases – "decision made under an enactment", "direction", "judicial review", "legal force or effect from statute", "legal rights or obligations", "statement of reasons", "supervision order".

Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld) – ss 13, 16, 16C, 20, 43AA.

Judicial Review Act 1991 (Qld) – ss 4, 30, 32, 33.

Files
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