The Law Handbook 2024

List of cases 1171 Clubb v Edwards; Preston v Avery [2019] HCA 11 – Right to protest 1046, 1051 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW (1982) 149 CLR 337 – Termination of contract by frustration 687 Cokyavuz, Re [2016] VSC 370 – Appeals under the Residential Tenancies Act 518, 532 Collection House Limited v Taylor [2004] VSC 49 – Statute barred debts: unconscionability 346, 691 Commercial Bank of Australia v Amadio [1983] HCA 14 – Contracts: consent: undue influence/unconscionability 434, 681, 691, 888 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Kilpatrick [2013] NSWSC 169 – National Consumer Credit: default notice 442 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Larsen [2012] NSWSC 408 – National Consumer Credit: variation on grounds of hardship 440 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Shrestha (Residential Tenancies) [2023] VCAT 331 – Tenancy agreement: Notice to Vacate by mortgagee 508 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Stephens [2017] VSC 385 – National Credit Code: purpose of credit 422 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Wales [2012] NSWSC 407 – National Consumer Credit: variation on grounds of hardship 440 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Wood [2016] VSC 264 – Banking code of practice 436 Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia v Qantas Airways Ltd [2020] FCAFC 205 – Employment law: stand downs 1071 Cooper v Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd [2006] FCAFC 187 – Internet law: linking and copyright 734, 761 Corbett v Corbett [1970] 2 All ER 33 – gender recognition 291 Cottrell v Ross [2019] VCC 2142 – racial and religious vilification 995 Craig v Mitchell (Residential Tenancies) [2015] VCAT 597 – compensation for tenant breaking a fixed-term lease 497 Cremin v Cardinia SC [2004] VCAT 1288 – Environmental law: planning permit objections 1023 CT, Re [2018] VSC 559 – Refusal of bail: exceptional circumstances 203 Cugumo, Re [2020] VSC 687 – Refusal of bail: surrounding circumstances 205 Curtis v VOCAT (Review and Regulation) [2017] VCAT 1286 – Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal 975 D D’Aloia, Bruno v Brilliant, Peter Alan [1984] VicSC 292 – State offences: trafficking 134 Dale v DPP [2009] VSCA 212 – Refusal of bail: surrounding circumstances 205 Dallas Buyers Club LLC v iiNet Ltd [2015] FCA 317 – Internet law: linking, file sharing and copyright 736 Dallas Buyers Club LLC v iiNet Ltd (No 3) [2015] FCA 422 – Internet law: linking, file sharing and copyright 736 Darrett & Darrett [2020] FamCA 236 – Financial support for children 288 Dasma Environmental Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority [2022] VSCA 248 – Environmental law: waste duties 1033 Data Access Corporation v Powerflex Services Pty Ltd [1999] HCA 49 – Copyright: reproduction 760 DB, Re [2019] VSC 53 – Refusal of bail: surrounding circumstances 206 Deal v Father Kodakkathanath [2016] HCA 31 – OHS: breach of regulations 1076 Defteros v Google LLC [2021] VSCA 167 – Defamation: Liability of internet search engine 1010 Demagogue Pty Ltd v Ramensky (1992) 39 FCR 31 – Consumer protection; misleading or deceptive conduct; silence 689 Dennehy v Reasonable Endeavours Pty Ltd [2003] FCAFC 158 – Statute barred debts 347 Dent & Rees [2012] FMCAfam 1303 – Registering children conceived with reproductive assistance and through surrogacy arrangements 286 Dib, Re [2019] VSC – Refusal of bail: unacceptable risk 209 Dickson v The Queen [2010] HCA 30 – Drug offences: federal and state offences 146 Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v AAPT Ltd [2006] VCAT 1493 – Consumer protection law: unfair contract terms 695 Director of Housing v Sudi [2011] VSCA 266 – Tenancy: Public authorities obligations and human rights 537 Director of Public Prosecutions see DPP Director-General of CSV v B (unreported, 11 December 1992) – Child protection: grounds for protection application 46 DJP v VOCAT [2010] 281 – Assistance for victims of crime 973 DLM [2018] VCAT 1683 – Power of attorney : attorney’s obligations 862–3 Doe, Jane v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2007] VCC 281 – Privacy, breach of 1095 Doggett v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2015] VSCA 351 – Banking code of practice 436 Donkin v Gottsche (Residential Tenancies) [2021] VCAT 1553 – Tenancy: notice to vacate 504 Dow Jones and Company Inc v Gutnick [2002] HCA 56 – Internet law: defamation 738 DPP v Coates Hire Operations Pty Ltd (2012) 36 VR 361 – OHS Regulation offences 1078–9 DPP v Cozzi [2005] VSC 195 – Refusal of bail: surrounding circumstances 204 DPP v Hazelwood Power Corporation Pty Ltd (Sentence) 2020 VSC 278 – OHS Regulation offences 1079 DPP v Hollis & Hull [2019] VSCA 110 – Custody and ‘reasonable time’ for questioning 179 DPP v Lee [2020] VSC 275 – Refusal of bail: surrounding circumstances 204–5 DPP v Magistrates Court of Victoria [2010] VSC 297 – Appeal and variation of bail orders 199 DPP v Muhaidat [2004] VSC 17 – Refusal of bail: exceptional circumstances 203 DPP v Rayment [2018] VSC 663 – Sexual offences against children 160