High Court of Australia
Judicial support of Dyson Heydon weakens promises to do better
By helping to rehabilitate disgraced former judge Dyson Heydon, some of Australia’s most senior judicial members have...
25 November 2025
By Naomi Neilson
From AI to declining public trust: Chief Justice Gageler flags urgent challenges for judiciary
At the opening of the 2025 Australian Legal Convention, the High Court’s Chief Justice Stephen Gageler discussed the...
24 November 2025
By Naomi Neilson
High Court tosses $1.4m claim brought against WA firm
A former client who escalated a claim worth almost $1.5 million against a Perth law firm has been knocked back by the...
07 November 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Firm calls on remaining states to address Bird v DP gap
States and territories across Australia have been urged to follow in the footsteps of the Victorian government by...
31 October 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Clarity over chaos
The implied freedom of political communication guards the ground rules of democratic choice. It deserves a stable...
28 October 2025
By Jacob Cuttle
High Court asked to hear Qatar strip-search case
Qatar Airways has turned to the High Court to overturn a finding it was liable for invasive searches at Doha five years...
26 August 2025
By Jake Nelson
High Court decision confirms restructures ‘carry unfair dismissal risk’
There is now a greater level of risk for employers looking to restructure their businesses, following a landmark...
21 August 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Lessons from the High Court’s decision in Commissioner of Taxation v PepsiCo
The High Court of Australia has ruled in favour of PepsiCo, dismissing six appeals brought forward by the Commissioner...
15 August 2025
By Imogen Wilson
High Court’s contingency fee decision a blow for jurisdictional equality
The recent High Court decision to toss a solicitor’s common fund orders will apply to every jurisdiction outside of...
11 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Will a progressive High Court modernise the Sharman v Evans principles?
An end to institutionalisation? A recent Queensland case provides a unique opportunity for the court to adjust the test...
08 July 2025
By Travis Schultz
High Court dismisses CFMEU bid to avoid administration
Ousted officials of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) have had their bid to avoid...
19 June 2025
By Kace O'Neill
‘Inferior court’ label should be abolished, High Court says
For two High Court justices, a decision on a judge’s immunity made it clear it was time for Australia to move on from...
14 February 2025
By Naomi Neilson
Judge Salvatore Vasta wins immunity from civil suits
The High Court has decided whether Judge Salvatore Vasta should have judicial immunity from civil lawsuits after a...
12 February 2025
By Naomi Neilson
High Court intervenes in costs decision for self-represented law firm
In a decision that could have wide-ranging implications for self-represented law firms, the High Court has decided...
07 February 2025
By Naomi Neilson
High Court rules that ‘sham’ terminations can cause psychiatric injury, overturning century-old law
A precedent set by a 1909 English case has been overturned by the High Court of Australia in a landmark workers’...
11 December 2024
By Kace O'Neill
Lawyers for abuse survivors ‘disappointed’ with High Court decision
In the wake of the High Court’s decision in Bird v DP, lawyers for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse have...
18 November 2024
By Naomi Neilson
High Court upholds 25 years of ‘harsh’ precedent in historic abuse case
Despite how “harsh” it may seem, the High Court of Australia was unwilling to overturn 25 years of precedent to...
14 November 2024
By Naomi Neilson
High Court says monitoring of former immigration detainees is unlawful
The High Court has made the “life-changing” decision to invalidate a “rushed” law to monitor people released...
11 November 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Is it time for the High Court to expand employers’ duties of care to prevent psychological injuries?
With changing community expectations around rights to psychological safety at work and the destigmatisation of...
21 October 2024
By Travis Schultz
Taxpayer wins High Court appeal in luxury car tax case
The High Court of Australia has set aside previous orders from the full Federal Court in a new decision concerning...
17 October 2024
By Miranda Brownlee