High Court: February 2026
New High Court rulings clarify contractual waiver and abuse‑of‑process principles, and reaffirm the limits of the implied freedom in visa refusals.
High Court: November 2025
Rulings on Crown land use, tribunal jurisdiction and electoral authorisation—refining statutory interpretation and constitutional boundaries.
High Court expands FWC’s remit to survey redeployment counterfactuals
The FWC can now scrutinise business models, outsourcing and risk appetite when judging redeployment feasibility.
High Court: October 2025
Precedent-setting cases on the grounds of criminal appeal and revocation of special leave to appeal to the High Court.
Pepsi: maximum taste, no royalty
In ruling against the ATO, the High Court stressed a few key points that hint at how diverted profits and royalty withholding tax should be…
High Court: September 2025
Precedent-setting cases on how to value improved land and whether placing the CFMEU into administration burdened the freedom of political communication.
High Court: August 2025
Precedent-setting cases on when Victorian courts can set aside child abuse settlements and a controversial notice to class action members.
Context, the Crown and circularity: recent statutory interpretation developments
The High Court has signalled some subtle shifts in the well-established principles of statutory interpretation. How will they impact your practice?
High Court: June 2025
Precedent-setting cases on group costs orders as a rationale for transferring proceedings, native title extinguishment and unlawful detention.
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.
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.