Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Dangerfield

• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Procedural Fairness
  3. › Implication of natural justice in statutory power
  4. › Whether natural justice attaches to ministerial or executive power
  5. › Nature of power and effect on rights and interests
  6. › Whether exercise of power apt to prejudice interests
  7. › Local Court Act 2007 (NSW), s 24(4)
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Contempt
  3. › Power of inferior court to refer contempt to Supreme Court
  4. › Local Court Act 2007 (NSW), s 24(4)
  5. › Whether referral analogous to decision to commence criminal proceedings
  6. › Whether procedural fairness required before referral
  7. › Content of procedural fairness in circumstances of referral
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Contempt
  3. › Validity of referral
  4. › Whether failure to afford procedural fairness renders referral a nullity
  5. › Whether subsequent events can cure failure to afford procedural fairness before exercise of referral power
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Right of appeal
  3. › Contempt proceedings
  4. › Whether appeal lies as of right under s 101(5) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW)
  5. › Whether threshold amount in s 101(2)(r) applies to contempt proceedings

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