High Court: March 2026
Precedent-setting rulings clarify the limits of Commonwealth acquisition powers and confirm statutory regimes can wholly exclude common law restitutionary claims.
By Tasman Ash Fleming - 1 min read
High Court: June 2025
Precedent-setting cases on group costs orders as a rationale for transferring proceedings, native title extinguishment and unlawful detention.
By Tasman Ash Fleming - 1 min read
High Court: May 2025
Precedent-setting cases on the in-house lawyer rule, injunctions by unlawful non-citizens and NSCOs for the not guilty by mental impairment.
By Tasman Ash Fleming - 1 min read
How do we hold judges accountable for a ‘thoroughly unacceptable abuse of judicial power’?
An expert analysis of the High Court decision which is relevant to the wider conversation about the appropriate accountability of federal court judges.
By Professor Gabrielle Appleby - 2 min read
No honour among trustees but what remedies are available?
A divided High Court has handed down a controversial decision that touches on fundamental principles in trust law and creates practical issues.
By Matthew Whittle, Matthew McCarthy and Harrison Main - 2 min read
Chorley resurrected? High court finds employed solicitor rule applies to law firms
The question of whether law firms can recover costs for employed solicitors representing them has been settled, but several new questions abound.
By Matthew Lo and Sora Beebar - 2 min read
Native title: older and deeper than the Constitution
Commonwealth v Yunupingu has exploded native title doctrine. Understand the context and reasoning behind the watershed decision.
By Tony Denholder and William Simons - 2 min read
High Court: April 2025
Precedent-setting cases on fiduciary duties for successor trustees, equitable estoppel and judicial immunity.
By Tasman Ash Fleming - 1 min read
High Court: March 2025
Precedent-setting cases on the constitutional concept of punishment and the nature of property in the context of pooling orders for wound up entities. By TASMAN…
By Tasman Ash Fleming - 1 min read
High Court: February 2025
Precedent-setting cases on the Federal Court’s appellate jurisdiction and ‘quotable purposes’ for luxury car tax applicability. By TASMAN ASH FLEMING.
By Tasman Ash Fleming - 1 min read
High Court: December 2024
Precedent-setting cases on churches’ vicarious liability for their priests in child abuse cases and legal incapacity. By VINCENT BARRY.
By Vincent Barry - 8 min read