This case note is about Tajjour v New South Wales; Hawthorne v New South Wales; Forster v New South Wales [2014] HCA 35, read the full judgement or the judgement summary. In its latest decision on the status of common law rights in Australian law on 8 October...
The legal issue of indefinite detention has been the subject of debate recently. This mash – up seeks to bring together a collection of information about indefinite detention in Australia. The decision to detain an individual has the effect of depriving that...
The High Court’s recent unanimous ruling in Honeysett v R [2014] HCA 29 is a reminder of just how important the rules of evidence are for safeguarding the integrity and accuracy of decision-making in all court cases, and particularly in criminal trials. Important...
On the same day that the High Court handed down its ruling on expert evidence in Honeysett v R, dealt with in another case note, it also handed down a ruling about DNA evidence, in Fitzgerald v R [2014] HCA 28. In a mere 37 paragraphs, the Court unanimously quashed...
Dr Binoy Kampmark writes a guest blog for RoLIA about the latest tranche of national security legislation, their potential effects on civil liberties and the broadening of executive power in Australia. The latest proposed legislative developments are troubling,...
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