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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ The Queen v Lai [2015] VSC 346 (31 July 2015), Supreme Court (Vic,Australia).
- ↑ R v Davidson [1969] VicRp 85 , [1969] VR 667(3 June 1969).
- ↑ R v Thomas (No 2) [2006] VSCA 166
- ↑ Goldie Marketing Pty Ltd v Financial Ombudsman Services [2015] VSC 292.
- ↑ Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd [1980] VicRp 34 , [1980] VR 321, Supreme Court (Vic); [1981] VicRp 9 , [1981] VR 81, Supreme Court (Full Court) (Vic); [1981] HCA 45 , (1981) 147 CLR 589, High Court.