Public livestreaming of HCA hearings coming soon...inbrief.nswbar.asn.au/posts/…
Recent experiences with court bundles has reminded me that what Sedley had to say about documents in analogue days remain largely applicable in the digital era
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Dominic Villa SC retweeted
A lawyer seeing an attachment named “IMG_9042” already knows the key evidence is probably blurry and sideways.
Missed this important historic abuse case...VSC holds Holy See is a "state" and the Pope a "head of state" under the Foreign State Immunities Act and the common law, and therefore immune from the jurisdiction of the Court classic.austlii.edu.au/au/ca…
Dominic Villa SC retweeted
I got really annoyed that so many stories about the "Cornell 7" case don't link to the underlying court documents.
So I compiled the key filings from Jane Doe's civil suit and from a separate suit brought by one of the accused.
Read them here: annabower.substack.com/p/rea…
Vale by Leeming J on the passing of WCM Gummow inbrief.nswbar.asn.au/posts/…
Vale Gummow J, a frequent collaborator with Gaudron J, and one of the leading advocates of the importance of statutory context in applying common law principles
Dominic Villa SC retweeted
Australia’s first female High Court judge dies at 83
theage.com.au/national/austr…
High Court is getting slower and slower to release hearing transcripts...nothing up for any of the cases so far this week... White Australia Party and Cullen are significant constitutional cases...@HighCourtofAus needs to be more accessible.
Giggle for Girls v Tickle - Special Leave Refused "There is no reason to doubt the Full Court's construction of s 7D(1) and (2) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth)."
Fagan J reasons in Farhat, dismissing application for extended supervision order pursuant to the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 (NSW) caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/…
