Dowling v Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

• 1. Contempt
  2. › Contempt of court
  3. › Scandalising contempt
  4. › Allegations against judicial officers in open court
  5. › Whether conduct constituted exercise of implied constitutional freedom of political communication
• 1. Contempt
  2. › Contempt of court
  3. › Breach of suppression orders
  4. › Whether suppression order ambiguous or uncertain
  5. › Whether order capable of founding conviction for contempt
• 1. Constitutional Law (Cth)
  2. › Implied constitutional freedom of political communication
  3. › Communications concerning exercise of judicial power
  4. › Whether communications about judicial officers attract the Lange freedom
  5. › Whether law of contempt and suppression orders compatible with implied freedom
  6. › Constitution, Ch III
• 1. Contempt
  2. › Power of committal
  3. › Whether Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) applies to contempt proceedings in civil jurisdiction
  4. › Nature of contempt proceedings as sui generis
  5. › Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3, 4, 44

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