The Communist Party Case The High Court’s decision in Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth (1951) 83 CLR 1 is recognised as one of the Court’s most important decisions, and a resounding reaffirmation of the rule of law, and judicial review of...
Today, the Rule of Law Institute co-hosted an event with the Australian Institute of Company Directors, attended by leading members of the Australian legal and business worlds. The event focused on the recent Hogan Lovells report, Risk and Return: Foreign Direct...
An upcoming High Court case, due to be argued in Canberra this week, will tackle the question of the so-called “advocates’ immunity” in Australia, that is, whether a client may sue their lawyer for negligent actions or omissions that are intimately...
The Institute has lodged a submission with Philip Moss and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet regarding the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (Cth). The Act was due for statutory review, having been in operation for two years, and Mr Moss is to gather...
Boilermakers Case and the Separation of Powers It is over 60 years since the High Court’s decision in R v Kirby; Ex parte Boilermakers’ Society of Australia (1956) 94 CLR 254. This decision, handed down on 2 March 1956, was an important statement of the...
164 years ago today, the fourth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia was born. Sir Frank Gavan Duffy, P.C., K.C.M.G, was born in Dublin on 29 February 1852, and came to Australia when he was four years old. His father, Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, was a famous...
