The Law Handbook 2024

List of cases 1177 R v Momcilovic (2010) 265 ALR 751 – Statutory interpretation and human rights 1000 R v Narongchai Saengsai-Or [2004] NSWCCA 108 – Principles of criminal responsibility codified 146 R v Papoulias [1988] VR 858 – Drug offences: entrapment 140 R v Pearson; Ex parte Sipka (1983) 152 CLR 254 – Constitutional rights 6 R v Penny [2015] VSC 155 – Bail applicant vulnerability 200 R v Pidoto and O’Dea [2006] VSCA 185 – Drug offences 135 R v Pisano [1997] 2 VR 342 – Drug offences: possession 133 R v Ryan (1961) 78 WN (NSW) 585 – Refusal of bail: surrounding circumstances 206 R v Silva [2009] ACTSC 108 – Internet law: sexual material 742 R v Te [1998] 3 VR 566; (1997) 97 A Crim R 386 – Drug offences: entrapment 140 R v Torrisi [1998] VSCA 21 – Drug offences: trafficking: commercial quantity 137 R v Tran (2007) 16 VR 673 – Drug offences: possession 133 R v Tsolacos (1995) 81 A Crim R 434 – Drug offences: trafficking and market value 140 R v Van Xuan Bui [2005] VSCA 300 – Drug offences: penalties for cultivation 137, 138 Rafiqi v Wacai Investments Pty Ltd [1998] ASC 1550-024 – National Credit Code: purpose of credit 422 Raider v Haines [2022] NSWCA 198 – Defamation: serious harm 1009 Rankin v Marine Power International Pty Ltd [2001] VSC 150 – Employment law: dismissal without notice 1064 Rapsarda v The Queen [2022] VSC 192 – Refusal of bail: exceptional circumstances 203–4 Reardon v Baker [1987] VR 877 – Drug offences: trafficking and possession: duplicity 140 Reardon and Reardon v Ministry of Housing (SCVCA, unreported, 13 November 1992, per Smith J) – Tenancy: compensation claims by renter 523 Reker, Re [2019] VSC 81 – Bail applicant Aboriginality 201, 203, 207 Reubenhom Pty Ltd v Unger (Residential Tenancies) [2018] VCAT 1582 – Tenancy: grounds for temporary relocation notices 536 Ringrow Pty Ltd v BP Australia Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 71 – Breach of contract: prohibition on penalties for 719 RN v VOCAT [2005] VCAT 2651 – Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal 975 Roach v Australian Electoral Commissioner (2007) 233 CLR 162; [2007] HCA 43 – Right to vote 6, 234 Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd [2012] HCA 16 – Internet law: linking, file sharing and copyright 734, 736, 761 Roberts v The Queen [2021] VSCA 28 – Refusal of bail: surrounding circumstances 204 Roden & Montiel [2019] FCCA 1641 – Registering children conceived with reproductive assistance and through surrogacy arrangements 287 Rogers v Whitaker [1992] HCA 58 – What information must be given to a patient 870 Romsey Hotel Pty Ltd v Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation [2009] VCAT 2275 – Environmental law: planning permits 1021 Ross v Tacton Building Design & Development (Residential Tenancies) [2019] VCAT 1420 – Residential Tenancies: Notice to Vacate, challenging 510 Rozen v Macedon Ranges Shire Council [2010] VSC 583 – Environmental law: planning permits 1021 Ryan, Re [2019] FamCA 112 – Gender dysphoria treatment 292 S Salleh v Director of Housing (Residential Tenancies) [2021] VCAT 1203 – Application for creation of a tenancy agreement 501 Sampson and Sampson [2021] FCCA 1471 – Domestic relationships 277 Sandstrom v FSS Trustee Corporation [2020] NSWSC 200 – Superannuation: reviewing a trustee or insurer’s decision 419 Sayed v Salvation Army Housing [2023] FCA 526 – Tenancy databases and privacy laws 477 SC, Re [2021] VSC 770 – Bail applicant Aboriginality; unacceptable risk 209 Seers v Macedon Ranges Shire Council (Red Dot) [2016] VCAT 1198 – Environment and planning law: planning schemes 1016 SG v TA [2015] VSC 264 – Bail applicant vulnerability 200 Shafer v Bourke (Residential Tenancies) [2015] VCAT 874 – rent increases 492 Shannon v Permanent Custodians Limited [2020] WASCA 198 – National Consumer Credit: unjust contracts 437 Shannon v Permanent Custodians Limited [No 3] [2022] WASCA 112 – National Consumer Credit: unjust contracts 438 Sheather v Staples Waste Removals Pty Limited (No 2) [2014] FCA 84 – Internet law: domain name disputes 741 Shields v Deliopoulos [2016] VSC 500 – Landlord’s duty to carry out repairs 483 Silberberg v The Builders Collective of Australia Inc [2007] FCA 1512 – Internet law: racial vilification 739 Silver Winds Pty Ltd v Smith (Residential Tenancies) [2022] VCAT 773 – Residential Tenancies: Possession application decisions 515 Sinopoli v Harrison (Human Rights) [2017] VCAT 355 – Discrimination and withholding medical treatment 278 Sipser, Re [2019] VSC 362 – Refusal of bail: exceptional circumstances 203 Slattery v Manningham City Council (Human Rights) [2014] VCAT 1442 – Human rights: breach of Charter 1001 Smith v Director of Housing [2005] VSC 46 – Tenancy: notices to vacate 512 Smith v Redflex Traffic Systems Pty Ltd [2018] AusHRC 125 – Criminal record and employment 249 Smith v Victoria Police (General) [2005] VCAT 654 – Privacy: exemptions from the IPPs and data security standards 1118 South Port Community Housing Group Inc v Ng (Residential Tenancies) [2022] VCAT 614 – Residential Tenancies: Notice to Vacate 510, 516 Spencer, Re [2014] FamCA 310 – gender dysphoria treatment 291