Bill Of Rights 1688 (pdf)
From Austlii
https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/bor16881wams2c2306/index.html (url Australian with all sections)
An Act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject and settling the succession of the Crown
Whereas the lords spiritual and temporal and commons assembled at Westminster lawfully fully and freely … Read article
From UK author Martin Geddes. The same principles of (not) due process are being used in Australia.
Full article at: https://newsletter.martingeddes.com/p/how-due-process-can-stop-the-council
… Read articleA glimmer of of hope
A recent court win in a council tax case points the way. The case was decided on 21st September 2023 in the High Court, KBD Swansea in favour of a Mr Leighton. He
Free Access to Courts Act 1400 db_1789-1 (pdf)
https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/db_1789/ (URL)
4 Every person shall be in peace
All his liege people and subjects may freely and peaceably, in his sure and quiet protection, go and come to his courts, to pursue the laws, or defend the same, without disturbance or impediment of any.
5 Full justice shall be done
Full … Read article
Complete Act https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2023C00279
Division 2—Search warrants
3H Details of warrant to be given to occupier etc.
(1) If a warrant in relation to premises is being executed and the occupier of the premises or another person who apparently represents the occupier is present at the premises, the executing officer or a constable assisting must make available to that … Read article
Romani v State of New South Wales [2023] NSWSC 49 (pdf)
Extract from that case:
… Read article68 Nonetheless, aggravated damages may be awarded to vindicate a plaintiff’s interest against invasion of the exclusive possession of the plaintiff and this interest extends to the freedom from disturbance of those persons present there with the leave of the plaintiff, at least as family
4. The starting point is the judgment of Lord Camden L.C.J. in Entick v. Carrington (1765) 19 St Tr 1029, at p 1066:
… Read article“By the laws of England, every invasion of private property, be it ever so minute, is a trespass. No man can set his foot upon my ground without my licence, but he is liable
… Read articleSection 122 (6) Schedule 1 is amended by deleting “our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her Heirs and Successors” in the 2 places where it occurs and in each place inserting instead —
“ the State of Western Australia ”.
Section 123. The Criminal Code amended
(1) The amendments in this section are to The Criminal Code*.
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See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta
Full-text translation of the 1215 edition of Magna Carta
Source: https://www.bl.uk/magna-carta/articles/magna-carta-english-translation
Clauses marked (+) are still valid under the charter of 1225, but with a few minor amendments. Clauses marked (*) were omitted in all later reissues of the charter. In the charter itself the clauses are not numbered, and … Read article
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescription_Act_1832?mibextid=Zxz2cZ
The Prescription Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 71) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning English land law, and particularly the method for acquiring an easement. It was passed on 1 August 1832.[2][3][4]
The case: https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2017-0072.html
The judgement: https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2017-0072-judgment.pdf
Overview (unknown author):
Supreme Court confirms ‘fraud unravels all’
3rd April 2019
Why is this case important?
Walker Morris’ specialist in litigation and dispute resolution, explains the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Takhar v Gracefield. This high profile case was concerned with the apparently competing principles of finality of litigation on the one … Read article