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Sykes v Cleary

[1992] HCA 60 ; (1992) 176 CLR 77

High Court of Australia · 1992 · Find the judgment

Cited by 27 indexed judgments

All Doubted 1 Applied or followed 1 Cited 25

1996: 1 citing judgment 1997: 1 citing judgment 1998: 3 citing judgments 1999: 1 citing judgment 2001: 2 citing judgments 2002: 1 citing judgment 2003: 1 citing judgment 2006: 1 citing judgment 2010: 3 citing judgments 2012: 1 citing judgment 2013: 1 citing judgment 2015: 1 citing judgment, 1 negative 2016: 1 citing judgment 2018: 1 citing judgment 2019: 2 citing judgments 2020: 1 citing judgment 2021: 1 citing judgment 2022: 2 citing judgments 2023: 2 citing judgments 1992 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
citing judgments per year of which distinguished, doubted, not followed or overruled · line marks the decision

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  1. Free v Kelly [1996] HCA 42 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 8× · judgment
  2. Kendle v Melsom [1998] HCA 13 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 9× · judgment
  3. Qantas Airways Ltd v Christie [1998] HCA 18 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 42× · judgment
  4. Sue v Hill [1999] HCA 30 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 104× · judgment
  5. Koe, Jong Kim v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1997] FCA 306 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  6. Tji, Lay Kon v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs [1998] FCA 1380 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · cited 9× · judgment
  7. Chapman v Luminis Pty Ltd (No 5) [2001] FCA 1106 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 40× · judgment
  8. Re Patterson; Ex parte Taylor [2001] HCA 51 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 227× · judgment
  9. Thomson v Orica Australia Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 939 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 32× · judgment
  10. Australian Electoral Commission v Wilson [2003] FCA 434 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  11. VSAB v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2006] FCA 239 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 5× · judgment
  12. Habib v Commonwealth of Australia [2010] FCAFC 12 Cited Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) · cited 7× · judgment
  13. Zentai v Honourable Brendan O’Connor (No 3) [2010] FCA 691 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 13× · judgment
  14. LAURIE v NEW SOUTH WALES ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCIL [2010] NSWCA 199 Cited NSW Court of Appeal · cited 2× · judgment
  15. Sneddon v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 351 Cited NSW Court of Appeal · cited 21× · judgment
  16. Sullivan v Okeno [2013] NSWADT 12 Cited Administrative Decisions Tribunal (NSW) · cited 1× · judgment
  17. Obeid v R [2015] NSWCCA 309 Doubted NSW Court of Criminal Appeal · cited 28× · judgment
  18. Commissioner of Taxation v Jayasinghe [2016] FCAFC 79 Cited Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) · cited 6× · judgment
  19. Obeid v Lockley [2018] NSWCA 71 Cited NSW Court of Appeal · cited 19× · judgment
  20. FER17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2019] FCAFC 106 Cited Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) · cited 5× · judgment
  21. Rodriguez & Sons Pty Ltd v Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority trading as Seqwater (No 22) [2019] NSWSC 1657 Cited Supreme Court of NSW · cited 13× · judgment
  22. Staindl v Frydenberg [2020] FCAFC 41 Cited Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) · cited 1× · judgment
  23. Chetcuti v Commonwealth of Australia [2021] HCA 25 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  24. Alexander v Minister for Home Affairs [2022] HCA 19 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 16× · judgment
  25. Taylor v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCAFC 144 Cited Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) · cited 1× · judgment
  26. Orrock v Hitchen [2023] NSWCATOD 91 Cited NCAT Occupational · judgment
  27. Jones v Commonwealth of Australia [2023] HCA 34 Cited High Court of Australia · cited 13× · judgment

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