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The High Court was established following the passage of the Judiciary Act 1903. [3] Its authority derives from chapter III of the Australian Constitution, which vests it (and other courts the Parliament creates) with the judicial power of the Commonwealth. [4] Its internal processes are governed by the High Court of Australia Act 1979 (Cth). [5]
In 2020, the High Court of Australia found in Hocking's favour in a 6-1 decision and ruled that these documents should be accessible to the Australian public as Commonwealth records, and ordered the Director-General of the National Archives to reconsider Hocking's request. [3] The High Court also issued three cost orders against the National ...
The AustLII databases include the complete text of all of the decisions of the High Court, [6] decisions of the Federal Court from 1977 onwards (the decisions between 1977 and 1996 were selected by the Federal Court), [7] and decisions of the Family Court from 1988 onwards (as selected by the Family Court), [8] as well as a number of other ...
The Commonwealth Law Reports (CLR) (ISSN 0069-7133) are the authorised reports of decisions of the High Court of Australia. [1] The Commonwealth Law Reports are published by the Lawbook Company, a division of Thomson Reuters. James Merralls AM QC was the editor of the Reports from 1969 until his death in 2016. [2]
Initially, there were three justices of the High Court – Chief Justice Sir Samuel Griffith, Justice Sir Edmund Barton and Justice Richard Edward O'Connor. [3] The number was expanded in 1906, at the request of the justices, to five, with the appointment of Justices Sir Isaac Isaacs and H. B. Higgins.
Court: High Court of Australia: Full case name: Rowe & Anor v Electoral Commissioner & Anor : Decided: 6 August 2010 (order only) 15 December 2010 reasons and further orders: Citations [2010] HCA 46 (2010) 243 CLR 1: Transcripts: 4 Aug [2010] HCATrans 205 5 Aug [2010] HCATrans 205 Orders [2010] HCATrans 207: Court membership; Judges sitting
the court decided to adopt the High Court ruling in Mutual Life & Citizens' Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Evatt (1968) over the Privy Council decision which overruled the High Court. This re-affirmed the broad approach taken to statements of negligent misrepresentation. Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen: 1982 153 CLR 168 Gibbs
Court: High Court of Australia: Full case name: Roadshow Films Pty Ltd & Ors v iiNet Ltd : Decided: 20 April 2012: Citations [2012] HCA 16, (2012) 248 CLR 42: Transcripts [2011] HCATrans 210 (12 August 2011) – special leave [2011] HCATrans 311 (10 November 2011) [2011] HCATrans 323 (30 November 2011) [2011] HCATrans 324 (1 December 2011)