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Jackman J responds to Bell CJ
Direct speech debate continues with Jackman J responding to Bell CJ in Punchbowl Casual Dining Pty Ltd v Rashays Cafes & Restaurants Pty Ltd (Trial Judgment) [2024] FCA 1265, new Lives and Times of the Judges episode featuring Patrick Keane AC KC, Pauline Hanson found to have racially vilified Mehreen Faruqi in Faruqi v Hanson [2024] FCA 1264
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Punchbowl Casual Dining Pty Ltd v Rashays Cafes & Restaurants Pty Ltd (Trial Judgment) [2024] FCA 1265
See paras 30 - 33 for Jackman J’s rebuke to Bell CJ which includes:
“with great respect, his Honour is asserting a supervisory power that his Honour does not have”
“In the present context, Bell CJ is, with great respect, starting at shadows”
“With great respect, Bell CJ appears simultaneously to have created and criticised legal uncertainty”
“With great respect, that strikes me as contrary to the common law method and the individualised nature of judicial decision-making in common law jurisdictions”
Lives and Times of the Judges - Patrick Keane AC KC
The Court has published the fifth podcast in the series, "Lives and Times of the Judges". In this episode, Fiona Gruber, noted writer, arts journalist and podcaster speaks with Patrick Keane AC KC, who was appointed the third Chief Justice of the Federal Court in 2010. In 2013, he was appointed a Judge of the High Court of Australia, a position he held until his retirement. The interviews cover the career of the subject before, during and after their incumbency as a Federal Court Judge. Subjects include notable cases, judgments, and the pathways taken to a career in the law, including childhood, education and mentorship.
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— Jeremy Gans (@jeremy_gans)
2:32 AM • Nov 1, 2024
Pauline Hanson has announced she will be appealing the judgment in Faruqi v Hanson
— Vaxatious Litigant 💉⚖️👨⚖️ (@ExposingNV)
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