Coutts v Commonwealth

157 CLR 91
59 ALR 699

(Judgment by: Mason ACJ)

Coutts
v Commonwealth

Court:
High Court of Australia

Judges:
Mason ACJ
Wilson J
Brennan J
Deane J
Dawson J

Subject References:
Defence
Constitutional Law
Administrative Law

Hearing date: 22 August 1984; 23 August 1984
Judgment date: 20 June 1985

Sydney


Judgment by:
Mason ACJ

I would allow the appeal for the reasons given by Deane J., subject only to the qualification that in my opinion no obligation to conform to the rules of natural justice can arise when the power to dismiss at pleasure is exercised for discretionary reasons independently of reg. 628(1).


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