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Sofronoff KC delivers speech on rule of law
Walter Sofronoff KC has delivered the 2024 Robin Speed Memorial Address
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There are only 3 things in life that are certain:
1. Death
2. Taxes
3. Westlaw will log you out of 83 tabs while you are taking a panic cry break.— litigation_god (@GodLitigation)
1:08 AM • Jun 20, 2024
The court will hear cases from Darwin (!) and Sydney.
(Both are major constitutional cases, the Darwin one on whether/how just terms compensation applies to territories, the Sydney one on constitutionality of monitoring/curfew conditions on the NZYQ cohort.)
— Jeremy Gans (@jeremy_gans)
12:03 AM • Jun 20, 2024
and I are delighted to announce the release of the Australian High Court Database, a database of all cases decided by the @HighCourtofAus between 1995 and 2020 available at aushighcourtdatabase.org/about.html 1/9
— Zoë Robinson (@zeerobs)
2:30 AM • Jun 20, 2024
VID773/2020 - ASIC v ISIGNTHIS LIMITED & ANOR
Justice McEvoy will deliver judgment in this matter tomorrow, 21 June 2024 at 4pm AEST.
To observe the hearing remotely, you can access the livestream via the Federal Court of Australia YouTube account: youtube.com/@FederalCourtA…
#fca
— Federal Court of Australia (@fedcourtau)
6:36 AM • Jun 20, 2024
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