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Kohler & others v Croton as delegate of the Minister for Natural Resources, Mines & Energy [2021] QSC 72

12-4-21 / Scott McLeod QC, Matthew Hickey — Judicial Review & Administrative, Resources & Energy

The applicants applied for exploration permits for minerals other than coal (EPM) under the Mineral Resources Act 1989. The Minster’s delegate refused them for virtually identical reasons, including a history of non-compliance (by the applicant or a related person) with the Environmental Protection Act 1994. The applicants each brought an…

Whiteley v Stone & Anor [2021] QSC 31

4-3-21 / Matthew Hickey, Sophie Gibson — Judicial Review & Administrative, Resources & Energy, Human Rights & Discrimination

This was the first application to the Supreme Court of Queensland for judicial review of powers to cancel a certificate of competency issued to an open-cut examiner for a coal mine, created under amendments to the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (Qld) in 2018. Here, the applicant's certificate…

Christensen & anor v Deputy State Coroner [2021] QSC 38

12-2-21 / Matthew Hickey — Inquiries & Coronial Inquests, Judicial Review & Administrative

In an inquest into the stabbing deaths of two men, the Deputy State Coroner decided not to permit oral cross-examination of a man who had admitted to police he had stabbed them in self-defence. Instead, because of expert evidence the witness was suffering from PTSD, the Deputy State Coroner directed…

Re a Declaration Regarding Medical Treatment for “A” [2020] QSC 389

14-1-21 / Matthew Hickey — Judicial Review & Administrative

A mother sought urgent orders, within the Supreme Court's parens patriae jurisdiction, to permit medical treatment of her child's gender dysphoria. Because the whereabouts of the child's father were unknown, and the father was unaware of the mother and child's location (against a background of family violence) it was not expedient to…

KDR Gold Coast Pty Ltd v CPB Contractors Pty Ltd [2020] QSC 303

1-10-20 / Michael Trim, Matthew Hickey — Contract

The applicant, the operator of the Gold Coast Light Rail system (The System), and the respondent, a contractor for design and construction elements on the system, were parties to a written agreement in the form of a deed. A dispute arose between the parties about works performed on The System…

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