High Court: May 2026
Recent decisions addressed judicial disqualification for apprehended bias and the constitutional limits of monitoring and curfew conditions on bridging visas.
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.
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.
New approaches to expert evidence: the High Court on counterintuitive evidence
BQ v The King demonstrates an expanding scope for counterintuitive evidence and clarifies how expert context guides juries without straying into vouching.
High Court: December 2025
Precedent-setting rulings on cultural heritage forfeiture and whether surveillance evidence legislation is unconstitutional.
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.