Jurisdiction of Local Courts over Foreign Land

Received: 22 December 1986

Report

Report 63: Jurisdiction of Local Courts over Foreign Land, June 1988

• Tabled in Parliament: 14 November 1989
• Legislative Action: Jurisdiction of Courts (Foreign Land) Act 1989; Family Provision (Foreign Land) Amendment Act 1989

Terms of reference

To inquire into and report on:

1. whether the rules of private international law stated in and derived from British South Africa Co v Companhia de Moçambique [1893] AC 602 should be wholly or partially abolished; and
2. any related matter.