General Practice

Chief Justice Mortimer of the Federal Court has announced a trial of a new practice for listing and determining duty (urgent) applications

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Tesseract International Pty Ltd v Pascale Construction Pty Ltd (2024) 98 ALJR 880; [2024] HCA 24, under Pt VIA of the Competition and Consumer...

A commencement date of 1 August 2025 has been set for the Property Law Act 2023 allowing a period of close to 12 months for education of the legal profession and real estate agents for mandatory seller disclosure. To assist in education the Property Law Regulation 2024, the amendments...

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on ASF17 v Commonwealth (2024) 98 ALJR 782; [2024] HCA 19, under sections 189, 196 and 198 of the Migration Act 1958.

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Hurt v The King [2024] HCA 8; (2024) 98 ALJR 485, under section 16AAB of the Crimes Act 1914, sections 4.1, 474.22A(1) of the Criminal Code...

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Jones v Commonwealth [2023] HCA 34; (2023) 97 ALJR 936, under section 34 of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007.

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Zurich Insurance Co Ltd v Koper (2023) 97 ALJR 614; [2023] HCA 25 under section 51 of the Constitution.

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Hornsby Shire Council v Commonwealth (2023) 97 ALJR 534; [2023] HCA 19, under sections 96 and 114 of the Constitution.

Forthcoming conference on Enduring Courts in Changing Times Conference 8-10 September 2023.

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Bryant v Badenoch Integrated Logging Pty Ltd (2023) 97 ALJR 86; [2023] HCA 2, under Pt 5.7B and sections 588FA, 588FE of the Corporations Act...

In response to the two-staged approach to the costs assessment mechanisms recommended by the Supreme Court of Victoria and the County Court of Victoria’s Report on Litigious Costs (the Report), the Courts published a welcome Consultation Paper (the Paper) on the Stage 1 Implementation...