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VOLUME 39
Volume 39 Part 1
PART 1
Administrative law —
Administrative Tribunal
—Variation—Viability of
Absence of evidence
Kordister Pty Ltd v Director
Another
pp 1-207
Victorian Civil and
— Liquor licence
business—Findings —
of Liquor Licensing and
92
2012-2013
Criminal law — Alternative counts — Intentionally
or recklessly causing serious injury — Intentionally or
recklessly causing injury — Failure to leave lesser
alternative offences — Course of trial — Defence
counsel’s decision not to request lesser alternative
offences be left to jury — Binding effect on client
James v R
149
VICTORIAN REPORTS
Guarantee and surety — Informal arrangement for
supply of steel on credit — Supplier insisting on
establishment of formal credit arrangement — Express
term — Withdrawal credit — Third party presenting
winding-up petition against purchaser — Supplier
threatening to support winding-up petition — Good
faith
Beerens v Bluescope Distribution Pty Ltd
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Human rights — Charter — Freedom of expression
— Scope — Imparting of information and ideas —
Anti-advertising protest — Defacing advertising sign
at municipal bus shelter — Third party property rights
— Lawful restrictions
Magee v Delaney
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February 2015
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CUMULATIVE TABLE OF CASES REPORTED
Beerens v Bluescope Distribution Pty Ltd (Court of Appeal) (2012) 39.1
James v R (Court of Appeal) (2013) 39.149
Kordister Pty Ltd v Director of Liquor Licensing and Another (Court of Appeal) (2012) 39.92
Magee v Delaney (Kyrou J) (2012) 39.50
Cases in bold reported in this part
TABLE OF CASES JUDICIALLY CONSIDERED
Ali v R (2005) 214 ALR 1; 79 ALJR 662 considered 39.149
Attorney-General for Quebec v Irwin Toy Ltd [1989] 1 SCR 927 considered 39.50
Baini v R (2012) 246 CLR 469 considered 39.149
Black and Cooke v Liquor Licensing Victoria [2000] VCAT 459; (2000) 17 VAR 17 approved 39.92;
explained 39.92
Blackwell v R (2011) 81 NSWLR 119 considered 39.149
Brooker v Police [2007] 3 NZLR 91 considered 39.50
CAL (No 14) Pty Ltd v Motor Accidents Insurance Board (2009) 239 CLR 390 distinguished 39.92
City of London Corporation v Samede [2012] EWHC 34 (QB) (18 January 2012) considered 39.50
Coleman v Power (2004) 220 CLR 1 considered 39.50
Executive Director of Health v Lily Creek International Pty Ltd (2000) 22 WAR 510 applied 39.92
Ferguson v Walkley (2008) 17 VR 647 considered 39.50
Gilbert v R (2000) 201 CLR 414 considered 39.149
Gillard v R (2003) 219 CLR 1 considered 39.149
Hammond v Department of Public Prosecutions [2004] EWHC 69 considered 39.50
Levy v Victoria (1997) 189 CLR 579 considered 39.50
Morse v Police [2012] 2 NZLR 1 considered 39.50
Moschi v Lep Air Services Ltd [1973] AC 331 followed 39.1
Mraz v R (1955) 93 CLR 493 considered 39.149
N v Switzerland, Application No 9870/82 (13 October 1983) considered 39.50; not followed 39.50
Nardi v Director of Liquor Licensing [2005] VCAT 323 approved 39.92; explained 39.92
Noone v Operation Smile (Australia) Inc (2012) 38 VR 569 followed 39.50
Nudd v R (2006) 225 ALR 161; 80 ALJR 614; 162 A Crim R 301 considered 39.149
Pantazis v R (2012) 38 VR 446 considered 39.50
Patel v R (2012) 247 CLR 531 considered 39.149; followed 39.149
Pemble v R (1971) 124 CLR 107 considered 39.149
R v AJS (2005) 12 VR 563 applied 39.149; considered 39.149
—v Behrens [2001] OJ No 245 (30 January 2001) considered 39.50; followed 39.50
—v Bui [2005] VSCA 300 applied 39.149; considered 39.149
—v Christy (2007) 16 VR 647 considered 39.149; followed 39.149
—v Ciantar (2006) 16 VR 26 considered 39.149
—v Coutts [2006] 1 WLR 2154; [2006] 4 All ER 353 considered 39.149
—v DD (2007) 19 VR 143 applied 39.149; considered 39.149
—v Doan (2001) 3 VR 349 considered 39.149
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TABLE OF CASES JUDICIALLY CONSIDERED — continued
—v Evans and Lewis [1969] VR 858 considered 39.149
—v Getachew (2012) 248 CLR 22 applied 39.149; considered 39.149
—v Kane (2001) 3 VR 542 considered 39.149; followed 39.149
—v Kear [1997] 2 VR 555 considered 39.149
—v Keegstra [1990] 3 SCR 697 considered 39.50; followed 39.50
—v King (2004) 59 NSWLR 515 considered 39.149
—v Liquor Control Commission; Ex parte Woolworths (Vic) Ltd [1972] VR 514 distinguished 39.92
—v Miletic [1997] 1 VR 593 considered 39.149; followed 39.149
—v Momcilovic (2010) 25 VR 436 followed 39.50
—v Nous (2010) 26 VR 96 applied 39.149; considered 39.149; followed 39.149
—v Saad (2005) 156 A Crim R 533 applied 39.149; considered 39.149; followed 39.149
—v Stokes and Difford (1990) 51 A Crim R 25 considered 39.149
—v Tilley (2009) 105 SASR 306 considered 39.149
—v Westaway (1991) 52 A Crim R 336 considered 39.149
Ratten, Re [1974] VR 201 considered 39.149; followed 39.149
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union v Dolphin Delivery Ltd [1986] 2 RCS 573 considered
39.50; followed 39.50
Ross v R (1922) 30 CLR 246 considered 39.149
SG v France, Human Rights Committee, Decisions: Communication No 347/1988 (15 November
1991) considered 39.50; followed 39.50
Slaveski v Smith (2012) 34 VR 206 followed 39.50
Sunbird Plaza Ltd v Maloney (1988) 166 CLR 245 followed 39.1
Suresh v R (1998) 153 ALR 145; 72 ALJR 769; 102 A Crim R 18 considered 39.149
TKWJ v R (2002) 212 CLR 124 considered 39.149; followed 39.149
Tully v R (2006) 230 CLR 234 considered 39.149
Van Den Hoek v R (1986) 161 CLR 158 considered 39.149
Weisfeld v Canada (Minister of Public Works) (1994) 116 DLR (4th) 232 considered 39.50
Wong Pooh Yin v Public Prosecutor [1955] AC 93 applied 39.50
STATUTES, RULES ETC CITED IN THIS PART
Charter of Human Rights and
Responsibilities Act 2006
(No 43)
Preamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
s 1(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
s 3(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
s5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
s 6(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
s7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
s 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
s 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
s 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Crimes Act 1958 (No 6231)
s 196 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.50
s 197 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.50
s 199 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.50
s 201 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.50
Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 (No 94)
s 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.92
s 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.92
s 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.92
s 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.92
Victorian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal Act 1998 (No 53)
s 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.92
39.50
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39 VR
INDEX OF THIS PART
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal — Findings about impact of variation of licence on
viability of licensee’s business and liquor industry — Absence of evidence or material to
support findings: Kordister Pty Ltd v Director of Liquor Licensing and Another 39.92
CONTRACT
Implied duty of good faith and fair dealing — Whether supplier’s express right to withdraw credit
modified by an implied duty of good faith: Beerens v Bluescope Distribution Pty Ltd 39.1
CRIMINAL LAW
Damaging property — Possessing materials for purpose of damaging property — Defacing
advertising sign at municipal bus shelter — Anti-advertising protest: Magee v Delaney 39.50
Evidence — Lies as consciousness of guilt — Whether lies relied upon capable of constituting
implied admissions: James v R 39.149
Offences against the person — Alternative counts — Intentionally or recklessly causing serious
injury — Intentionally or recklessly causing injury — Failure to leave lesser alternative
offences — Course of trial — Identifying real issues — Defence counsel’s forensic judgments
— Decision not to request that lesser alternative offences be left to jury — Rational, tactical
decisions — Binding effect on client: James v R 39.149
GUARANTEE AND SURETY
Long-standing informal arrangement for supply of steel on credit — Supplier insisting on
establishment of formal credit arrangement — Express term that supplier entitled to withdraw
credit and/or terminate supply if purchaser unable to pay debts when they fell due — Third
party presenting winding-up petition against purchaser — Purchaser resisting winding-up
petition — Supplier withdrawing credit to company unless director gave personal guarantee
— Supplier threatening to support winding-up petition — Good faith — Debtor obtaining
legal advice — Whether guarantee obtained by economic duress or unconscionable conduct
— Whether guarantee and indemnity extended to indemnity for loss and damage
consequential on non-payment by principal debtor: Beerens v Bluescope Distribution
Pty Ltd 39.1
HUMAN RIGHTS
Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities — Freedom of expression — Scope — Imparting
of information and ideas — Expressive physical conduct — Graffiti — Anti-advertising
protest — Defacing advertising sign at municipal bus shelter — Third party property rights
— Lawful restrictions — Corporate property owner — Reasonably necessary restrictions:
Magee v Delaney 39.50
LIQUOR AND LICENSING LAW
Legislative purpose — Harm minimisation — Licence — Variation — Evidence of violence and
alcohol abuse — Whether proof of causal link to licensed premises required — Distinction
between general evidence, locality evidence and evidence of specific incidents: Kordister
Pty Ltd v Director of Liquor Licensing and Another 39.92
STATUTES
Interpretation — Legislative purpose — Primary purpose — Harm minimisation: Kordister Pty Ltd
v Director of Liquor Licensing and Another 39.92
WORDS AND PHRASES
“Impart information and ideas of all kinds”: Magee v Delaney 39.50
“Lawful excuse”: Magee v Delaney 39.50
“Special duty and responsibility”: Magee v Delaney 39.50
Law Reporters
P P BRAVENDER-COYLE
T J CLARKE
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