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Oct 16, 2025
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4 min read
Mitchelmore J hands down Lees v State of New South Wales [2025] NSWSC 1209 declaring that that s200(5) of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) impermissibly burdens the implied constitutional freedom of communication on government or political matters and is invalid.
Oct 15, 2025
5 min read
The High Court hands down 3 decisions including G Global [2025] HCA 39 in which University of Wollongong v Metwally (1984) 158 CLR 447 was reopened and overruled.
Oct 14, 2025
High Court to hand down several decisions today, including a decision relating to controversial political commentator Candice Owens Farmer's visa refusal.
Oct 13, 2025
The Hon. Fabian Gleeson SC to deliver 2025 Bathurst Lecture this Thursday on the following topic: ‘The legal issues raised by cryptocurrencies, digital ‘assets’ and decentralised finance: how can commercial law adapt to new and emerging technologies.'
Oct 12, 2025
6 min read
WA Chief Justice Peter Quinlan gives address to Australian Judicial Officers Association Colloquium titled "We're All In This Together - Civility and Institutional Trust", Jeffrey Spender KC appears on latest episode of the FCA's Lives and Times of Judges podcast.
Oct 9, 2025
Special leave granted in Gordon Merchant matters ([2025] FCAFC 81 and[2025] FCAFC 56) and refused in David McBride matter. NSWCA rules in favour of police in Commissioner of Police (NSW Police Force) v Naser [2025] NSWCA 224.
Oct 8, 2025
HCA hands down CD & Anor v The Commonwealth of Australia; CD & Anor v Director of Public Prosecutions (SA) & Anor [2025] HCA 37, NSWCA to hand down decision re pro-Palestinian march to Sydney Opera House
Oct 7, 2025
The Hon. Justice Simon Steward AC gives the 2025 Harold Ford Memorial Lecture titled "Directors' Duties and Politics" - discussing the extent to which Australian directors can institute their own politics on corporate speech without breaching their obligations as directors.
Oct 6, 2025
23 NSW Senior Counsel appointments, Tony Mokbel partially successful in VSCA, ABC does deep dive on AI and the law.
