About this episode

Sandy Thompson KC shares his experiences as counsel in the last appeal from Queensland to the Privy Council before the Australia Act 1986.

Prior to the enactment of the Australia Act 1986 (Cth) and the Australia Act 1986 (UK), some Queensland court matters were appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for final determination. What were hearings like in this forum before this avenue of appeal was abolished? In this lecture, Sandy Thompson KC will share his experiences appearing as counsel in 1985 and 1986, the latter (Coast Securities No. 9 Pty Ltd v Bondoukou Pty Ltd) being the last Queensland appeal to Her Majes...

People in this episode

Host: Supreme Court Library Queensland

Guest: Sandy Thompson KC

Topics covered

• legal history
• Privy Council
• Queensland appeals
• Sandy Thompson
• Australia Act 1986
• court hearings

Keywords

• Privy Council
• Queensland
• Sandy Thompson
• legal history
• Australia Act 1986
• court appeals
• Coast Securities No. 9 Pty Ltd v Bondoukou Pty Ltd

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Privy Council, Supreme Court Library Queensland

Books & works: Coast Securities No. 9 Pty Ltd v Bondoukou Pty Ltd

Places: Queensland, Australia

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