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The High Court building is open to the public from: Monday to Friday: 9.45 am to 4.30 pm. Normal Court sitting hours are from: 10.00 am to 12.45 pm and 2.15 pm to 4.15 pm The building is closed on public holidays. Admission to the High Court building is free of charge.
The functions of the High Court are to interpret and apply the law of Australia; to decide cases of special federal significance including challenges to the constitutional validity of laws and to hear appeals, by special leave, from Federal, State and Territory courts.
Full Court judgments are published on the Court website at http://eresources.hcourt.gov.au/ once they are delivered. Single Justice judgments.
These are the current cases before the Full Court, including: Matters in the original jurisdiction to be heard by the Full Court. Brief details are provided for each matter together with the parties' written submissions as they are filed. Matters are displayed on this page until the judgment is handed down by the Court.
About the Justices. There have been 13 Chief Justices and 42 Justices since the Court was established in 1903, including the current members of the Court. Three members of the Court – Sir Isaac Isaacs, Sir Ninian Stephen and Sir William Deane – resigned from the Court to become Governor-General.
Cases decided. These are the cases which have been heard by the Full Court, from February 2011, in which judgment has been handed down. Brief details are provided for each matter together with the parties' written submissions as filed. Current cases not yet decided by the Full Court are here.
Audio-visual recordings of Full Court hearings heard in Canberra. Case:ELISHA V VISION AUSTRALIA LIMITED. Date: 16 October 2024. Transcript: Hearing. AV time: 4h 19m. You accept the terms of use (below) by playing this audio-visual recording.
The subject matter of the cases heard by the Court traverses the whole range of Australian law. It includes, for instance, arbitration, contract, company law, copyright, courts-martial, criminal law and procedure, tax law, insurance, personal injury, property law, family law, trade practices, etc.
Today, the High Court issued a writ of certiorari quashing a decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia ("the Full Court") and a writ of mandamus commanding the Full Court to hear and determine the plaintiff's appeal.
The Registry is responsible for the secure custody and safekeeping of Court records; collecting and accounting for all fees received by the Court; and all aspects of proceedings and appeals.