Mensink v Registrar of the Federal Court of Australia

• 1. Contempt of Court
  2. › Civil contempt
  3. › Prosecution of contempt charges
  4. › Settlement of underlying proceeding by private parties
  5. › Whether settlement extinguishes contempt proceeding
  6. › Whether public interest in vindication of court's authority survives settlement of private interests
  7. › Whether doctrine of merger applies to settlement deed
• 1. Contempt of Court
  2. › Prosecution of contempt charges
  3. › Power to appoint Registrar to continue prosecution
  4. › Whether Federal Court Rules exhaustively prescribe procedures for contempt proceedings
  5. › Relationship between court's inherent power and rules of court
  6. › Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), ss 23, 59(1)
  7. › Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), rr 1.32, 1.34, 1.35, 1.37, 42.11, 42.16
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Procedural fairness
  3. › Order made before opportunity to be heard
  4. › Whether subsequent opportunity to make submissions cured any denial
  5. › Whether practical injustice established
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Suppression orders
  3. › Orders having practical effect of suppression without compliance with statutory requirements
  4. › Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), Pt VAA, ss 37AF, 37AG, 37AJ

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