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Daily wrap
HCA special leave application in Sanofi matter this moring before full court at 9:30am AEDT - live stream here. Two silks on each side. J Gleeson SC for Cth and J Sheahan KC for respondents.
Background to matter found here - Australian Government takes its $325 million damages claim to the High Court
a copy of the judgment found here - CM v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Armidale - NSW Caselaw
Editor’s picks
“The Director intends to make a complaint to the Judicial Commission concerning the judgment delivered by Judge Newlinds in this matter.
The ODPP unequivocally rejects any suggestion that it makes prosecution decisions lazily or on the basis of political expedience, or that it operates according to “some sort of unwritten policy”, as the judge has speculated. Such remarks unfairly impugn the integrity of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the staff of the ODPP.”
A copy of the judgment here - R v Martinez - NSW Caselaw
From the catchwords “Application for leave to appeal having no prospects of success – Pseudo-legal gibberish – Mumbo jumbo – Application for leave to appeal totally without merit – Application for leave to appeal refused.”
Justice Murphy will conduct an interlocutory hearing in Qantas class action at 10.15am AEDT today (will be live streamed on FCA Youtube).
Background to the matter here - Qantas faces class action over pandemic travel credits treated as ‘$1bn in interest-free loans’ | Qantas | The Guardian
This essay is the winner of the 2023 Sir Anthony Mason Constitutional Law Essay Competition, written by Taylor Empeigne.
a copy of the judgment here - Weir v Telstra Limited [2023] FCAFC 196
French CJ, 16 Dec 2016 (his Honour's last sitting day):
"The Supreme Court of New South Wales and the Federal Court in Sydney have always generated a very significant proportion of the High Court’s appellate work, and that is not a backhanded compliment"
austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdo…— #High Court (Australia) Trivia (#@HighCourtTrivia)
9:29 PM • Dec 15, 2023
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