Bond v The Queen

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Bond v The Queen
High Court of Australia
Full case name Bond v The Queen
Date decided August 14, 1992
Citations (2000) 201 CLR 213, [2000] HCA 13
Judges sitting Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne JJ
Case history
Prior actions: The Queen v Bond (1997) 24 ACSR 518; (1997) 95 A Crim R 246 - WA Court of Criminal Appeal
Subsequent actions: none
Case opinions
(6:0) The authority contained in s17 of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 (Cth) did not give the Commonwealth DPP the power to institute appeals in state courts. (per curiam)

(6:0) The common law principles relating to the validity of acts done by an invalidly appointed public officer had no application. (per curiam)

Bond v The Queen [2000] HCA 13; (2000) 201 CLR 213; (2000) 169 ALR 607, was a significant case decided in the High Court of Australia regarding the power of the Commonwealth DPP to institute appeals in state courts.