"The court – whose seven judges are, on average, aged 60 – was on Tuesday forced to confront the full intricacies of social media, with technical digressions on the meaning of 'subreddits', 'AskMeAnything' threads, 'Not Safe For Work' content, ..."
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"... and most notably the practice of 'lurking': @janek_dr reporting today's High Court hearing
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"Predicting the next appointment is like trying to pick the winner of the Melbourne Cup but without knowing who is in the field": @ProfGWilliams in 2012.
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31 Oct 2003, Kirby J
"It makes me as mad as hell to think that my colleague, Justice Ian Callinan, will outlive us all on the High Court. When our earnest scribblings in the judgments of the Court are forgotten, his artistic works,"
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"a production of a musical based on [Michael Kirby's] life is currently underway": @carawaters. ($)
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29 October 1956
"The appellant's conduct which the magistrate held to constitute an offence was part of a transportation of goods from a point of departure in one State to a destination in another State. As such, it was within the freedom provided by s. 92, ..."
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"and the conviction therefore cannot stand". Unlicensed commercial goods vehicle operating on a public highway; the SA-Vic leg of transportation of goods from Victoria to Victoria via SA (in two separate transactions, separate operators)
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"Gen AI is based on models which are predictive based upon reviewed data. Yet ... decisions on questions of statutory construction, and even constitutional insights, develop over time in response to changes ..."
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"As Sir Victor Windeyer said of the change in constitutional approach adopted in the Engineers Case: 'in 1920 the Constitution was read in a new light ...'"
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"Kirby told [@janek_dr, @FinancialReview] that mentioning Heydon made sense because of the purpose of the event: to discuss the future of contract law ...'I do not approve of airbrushing people out of history or the law,' Kirby said". And much more.
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High Court (Australia) Trivia retweeted
Research wins don't always make it onto the transcript. Delighted to see our brilliant librarians get a "bravo"!
[2026] HCATrans 58 (15 October 2026)
#Bravo #auslaw #LawLibrary
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Edelman J asking Herzfeld SC whether Roman law answers the question before the Court (last Thursday)
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"If the doctrine has not changed, and the Roman laws and the Roman lawyers dealt with exactly the question that is raised in this case, why would the answer be different?"
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"I thought your Honour was referring to some particular praetor’s edict. That was really the reason for my hesitation in answering"
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17 October 2022. @MarkDreyfusKCMP: "Today, for the first time since Federation, women make up a majority on the Bench of our highest court".
[2022] HCATrans 176
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