15-12-22 / Matthew Wilkinson, Sarah Spottiswood — Appellate
The Crime and Corruption Commission prepared a report about an investigation into allegations of corrupt conduct against Mr Carne. The report did not contain any findings of “corrupt conduct” against Mr Carne. The report was prepared for the purposes of submitting it to the Commission’s supervising parliamentary committee and was,…
5-8-22 / Matthew Wilkinson — Appellate, Judicial Review & Administrative
The Crime and Corruption Commission completed an investigation into a complaint about alleged corrupt conduct involving the appellant. The Commission did not make any findings of corrupt conduct against the appellant. It prepared a report of the investigation and sought a direction from the relevant parliamentary committee that the report…
18-3-21 / Scott McLeod KC, Matthew Wilkinson — Appellate, Human Rights & Discrimination
This was an appeal from the decision of Irving v Pfingst [2020] QSC 280. The majority of the Court of Appeal (Fraser and McMurdo JA) allowed the appeal. Fraser and McMurdo JA held that the police officer in question did not honestly believe that there was a proper basis to…
10-9-20 / Scott McLeod KC, Matthew Wilkinson — Appellate, Human Rights & Discrimination
The Plaintiff was convicted in 1993 for an armed robbery of a bank in Cairns. He spent four years in jail before his conviction was quashed by the High Court because of concerns about a fair trial. The Plaintiff sued the investigating police officer and the State of Queensland claiming…
21-6-19 / Roger Traves KC, Matthew Wilkinson — Appellate, Land Law & Property
An appeal from the Land Court’s decision to change the Ipswich City Council’s categorisation of land for rating purposes. The question on appeal was whether certain Bunnings stores were a “drive-in shopping centre” or a “Shop – Single” under the relevant Ipswich City Council budget. The appeal was successful. The…
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