A court exercising federal jurisdiction may grant an anti-suit injunction to restrain foreign proceedings only where the continuation of those proceedings would be vexatious or oppressive and where the balance of convenience favours the grant of relief.

[2001] VSC 475 at [30]

The principle of proportionality in sentencing requires that the sentence imposed bear a reasonable relationship to the objective gravity of the offence, having regard to the maximum penalty prescribed by the legislature as an indicator of the seriousness with which Parliament regards the offence

The principle of proportionality in sentencing requires that the sentence imposed bear a reasonable relationship to the objective gravity of the offence, having regard to the maximum penalty prescribed by the legislature as an indicator of the seriousness with which Parliament regards the offence.

[2001] VSC 475 at [37]

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