Finks Motorcycle Club take state law to High Court
Monday 8 October 2012 @ 9.00 a.m. | Crime | Legal Research
The Finks Motorcycle Club has won the right to fight Queensland's anti-bikie laws in the High Court.
The High Court today agreed to consider whether parts of the tough state laws, which could result in the club's Gold Coast chapter being declared a criminal organisation, were unconstitutional.
Finks barrister, Bret Walker SC, successfully argued today the case was of such wider importance that it should be heard by the full High Court.
The club was seeking a so-called "reversal application" against a Queensland police application to the state's Supreme Court that would have them branded a criminal group under 2009 laws.
Police filed the application against the club, and an associated company called Pompano
Pty Ltd, in June.
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