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Fairfax v Commissioner of Taxation | |
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Court | High Court of Australia |
Full case name | Fairfax v Federal Commissioner of Taxation |
Decided | 2 December 1965 |
Citations | [1965] HCA 64, (1965) 114 CLR 1 |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Barwick CJ, Kitto, Taylor, Menzies and Windeyer JJ |
Case opinions | |
(5:0) Section 11 of the Income Tax and Social Services Contribution Assessment Act 1961 is valid under the taxation power (per Barwick CJ, Kitto, Taylor, Menzies and Windeyer JJ) |
Fairfax v Commissioner of Taxation[1] is a High Court of Australia case that considered the scope of the taxation power in section 51(ii) of the Constitution.