Federal Court: May 2026
Recent Full Court decisions considered indemnity costs and set‑off principles in public law litigation, and how courts assess allegedly unreasonable transactions involving directors.
Recent Full Court decisions considered indemnity costs and set‑off principles in public law litigation, and how courts assess allegedly unreasonable transactions involving directors.
The Court draws the line between factual error, legal unreasonableness and appellate intervention in judicial review.
Recent decisions discuss the Hearne v Street obligation and the strict expectations on independence, representation and procedural fairness in complex litigation.
The Federal Court considers the Lehrmann case and whether suppressed torture training material is in the public domain. By VINCCI CHAN and JOANNE SHEPARD.
To what extent does the Sex Discrimination Act protect a person from discrimination on the basis of their gender identity? It is a question that has…
Bruce Lehrmann lost his defamation suit against Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson.
Reporting and analysis of the latest key Federal Court judgments. By DR DAVID J TOWNSEND and PARISA HART
The Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial continues as Network 10’s legal team successfully convinced Federal Court to hear new evidence.
Reporting and analysis of the latest key Federal Court judgments. By MICHAEL MORGAN
Reporting and analysis of the latest key Federal Court judgments. By JO SHEPARD AND DR DAVID J TOWNSEND.
Reporting and analysis of the latest key Federal Court judgments. By DAVID J TOWNSEND.
Justice Debra Mortimer will become the first female Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, following the mandatory retirement of Chief Justice James Allsop…
Reporting and analysis of the latest key Federal Court judgments. By VINCCI CHAN and JOANNE SHEPARD.