17 minutes of regret: a rare example of a successful misfeasance in public office claim
How a knowing failure to read mandatory material was enough to satisfy the demanding mental element of the notoriously difficult-to-prove tort.
The new privacy tort’s contentious exemption: the ‘character of news’
Can gossip be news? Explore how Australia’s new privacy tort challenges media freedoms and redefines journalism in the age of celebrity and digital storytelling.
The latest from the High Court: August 2017
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By ANDREW YUILE.
The latest from the Federal Court: July 2017
Reporting and analysis of the most notable decisions in the Federal Court. By DAN STAR QC.
The latest from the High Court: June 2017
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By ANDREW YUILE.
The latest from the High Court: December 2016
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By ANDREW YUILE.
The latest from the High Court: August 2016
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By ANDREW YUILE.
The latest from the High Court: July 2016
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By ANDREW YUILE.
The latest from the High Court: March 2016
Reporting and analysis of the latest key judgments from the High Court of Australia. By ANDREW YUILE.
Don’t let your claim for damages perish
In Perisher Blue Pty Limited v Nair-Smith, the NSW Court of Appeal considered whether it was necessary to determine the precise source of a plaintiff’s…