HCA Justices Given Membership to Exclusive Invite Only Club (13 September 2023)

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Daily wrap

• Today the High Court is to hand down its decision in Qantas Airways Limited & Anor v Transport Workers Union of Australia. As this is a matter of “public interest, importance or complexity” a summary of the matter and decision was provided at the beginning of the FCAFC judgement. It has also been revealed that all current Justices are members of the ultra exclusive, invite only Chairman’s Lounge.

• Ian Waller KC appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Link here to his chambers webpage. Jeremy Gans notes this leaves two remaining VSC Supreme Court vacancies, both on the Court of Appeal.

• Formal ceremony to mark Beech-Jones J’s departure from NSWSC to High Court will be held on Thursday, 19 Oct 2023 at 9.15am in Banco Court (likely to be live streamed on NSWSC’s Youtube).

• From 11 to 22 September the Appellate Court Presidents of QLD and WA are trading places as part of the judicial exchange program.

• Sex offender eats poison-laced Snickers bar after guilty verdict

Editor’s picks

• 10 ways to address the gender pay gap in the legal profession by the Law Society of NSW.

• The Australian Law Journal, Volume 97, Number 9 - September 2023 downloadable for free. This edition includes the following articles:

  • Judicial Influence on Judicial Appointments - Andrew Lynch

  • Centring Competence: Judicial Education in Australia - Julie Falck and Jessica Kerr

  • Technology and Judges in Australia - Tania Sourdin

  • Can the Australian Judicial System Meet the Structural Challenges of Future Population Change - Brian Opeskin

  • Managing Judicial Performance: The (Changing) Ethical Infrastructure - Kathy Mack and Sharyn Roach Anleu

  • Opportunity Knocks: Designing Judicial Discipline Systems in Australia - Gabrielle Appleby and Suzanne Le Mire

• The Conversation article by Anne Twomey - What does history tell us about the Coalition’s proposal for a second referendum?

• The 2023 Bathurst Lecture will be delivered by the Hon Chief Justice A S Bell on the topic ‘The Corporation in Private International Law’. 14 September from 5.30pm in Banco Court (likely also to be live streamed on NSWSC Youtube channel).

• Can the court require the DPP to continue a trial to verdict where the DPP has directed that there be no further proceedings? Discussion of R v SE & ORS [2022] NSWDC 712.

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