Mowen v Commissioner of Police

• 1. Constitutional Law (Cth)
  2. › Operation and effect of the Commonwealth Constitution
  3. › Inconsistency of laws
  4. › Constitution, s 109
  5. › Whether inconsistency between Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) and State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 (Qld)
  6. › Whether SPER licence suspension altered, impaired or detracted from Commonwealth law
  7. › Whether Commonwealth law covered the field
  8. › Constitution, s 109
  9. › Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth), s 42
  10. › State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 (Qld), ss 104(2), 105
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Leave to appeal
  3. › Criminal appeal from District Court
  4. › Whether substantial injustice to applicant
  5. › Whether reasonable argument of error to be corrected
  6. › Whether constitutional argument manifestly hopeless
  7. › District Court of Queensland Act 1967 (Qld), s 118(3)
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Notice of constitutional matter
  3. › Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 78B
  4. › Whether cause involves matter arising under the Constitution or involving its interpretation
  5. › Whether assertion of constitutional point sufficient to enliven s 78B
  6. › Whether manifestly hopeless constitutional argument attracts operation of s 78B

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