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High Court needs a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T, say peak legal bodies

Fri Sep 02 2011

The Australian Bar Association and the Law Council of Australia have urged commentators toï¿½respectï¿½the High Court's decision to grant a permanent injunction against the Australian Government transferring asylum seekers to Malaysia.ï¿½ABA President Michael Stewart SCï¿½said: "Disappointed litigants must not attack the court just because their arguments have been rejected by it...It is especially important for the comment to be fair when made by someone as influential as the prime minister."

LCA Presidentï¿½Alexander Wardï¿½said:ï¿½"the High Court decision did not depart from any previous binding authority on the interpretation of the provision of the Migration Act relating to the declaration of a country to which offshore entry asylum seekers could be taken". View the Law Council's media release>

2 September 2011

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