General Practice

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...

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on SDCV v Director-General of Security (2022) 96 ALJR 1002; [2022] HCA 32 under Chapter III of the Constitution.

New legislation information and case annotations have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Tu'uta Katoa v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] HCA 28, under section 477A of the Migration Act 1958.

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Ruddick v Commonwealth [2022] HCA 9, under sections 7 and 24 of the Constitution.

This article discusses the contemporary difficulties with agreements as to costs including the intricacies of the statutory frameworks regulating their validity, and compounding and accelerating difficulties with the ACL.

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Hobart International Airport Pty Ltd v Clarence City Council (2022) 96 ALJR 234; [2022] HCA 5, under sections 75 and 76 of the Constitution.

New legislation information, case annotations and article references have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on Djokovic v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCAFC 3, under sections 116 and 133C of...

Commonwealth Statute Annotations: November 2021 Update

New annotations have been added to Commonwealth Statutes Annotations, including a note on LibertyWorks Inc v Commonwealth [2021] FCAFC 90, under s 60 of the Biosecurity Act 2015

Alternative Dispute Resolution of Costs Disputes is the latest chapter to be updated in Quick on Costs. It will assist the reader in the distinction between the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in a substantive litigious dispute and in costs disputes.