In "Victorian Stevedoring & General Contracting Co Pty Ltd v Dignan", the High Court of Australia held that it was impossible, consistent with the British tradition, to insist upon a strict separation between legislative and executive powers. It was found that legislative power may be delegated to the executive, and as a result upheld the validity of delegated legislation. By contrast, in its insistence on a strict separation of "judicial power", the High Court has been less willing to compromise. Furthermore, the role of the courts was discussed in "Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)", whereby a NSW statute was invalidated since it purported to confer not-judicial functions to court. The principle that a State Court cannot be assigned powers that are incompatible with its constitutionally protected independence was extended to Territory Courts in "Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy" (2000).