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NDAs in sexual harassment cases 7 January 2025
How are NDAs used by lawyers in the settlement of sexual harassment claims?
Two hundred years of the NSW Supreme Court 31 December 2024
This year, the Supreme Court of New South Wales celebrated its 200th birthday.
Tikanga: Incorporating Māori concepts in NZ common law 24 December 2024
Justice Joe Willams, the first Māori member of New Zealand's Supreme Court, speaks to the Law Report about how First Nations concepts are being adopted into the common law.
How stressful is it to be a judge or magistrate? 17 December 2024
Research published earlier this year examines the impact of heavy workloads on the wellbeing of judicial officers and the quality of justice delivered.
Decades on, suspect charged over Easey Street killings; Warning signs and legal liability 10 December 2024
Veteran crime reporter John Silvester talks to Damien Carrick about some of the big developments in the criminal justice space in recent weeks.
How police use and misuse tasers 3 December 2024
It's the Australian trial verdict that attracted worldwide attention.
How should the justice system respond when a judge commits a crime? 26 November 2024
Tasmanian Supreme Court Justice Gregory Geason resigned after he was convicted and sentenced for assault and emotional abuse or intimidation. The Law Report looks at the broader question of how Australian jurisdictions balance judicial independence with accountability.
Vicarious liability and the Catholic Church; Driving with medicinal cannabis 19 November 2024
The High Court has found that it is not possible to find the Catholic Church 'vicariously liable' for the actions of molesting priests because they are not legally speaking employees. And Victorian drivers with medicinal cannabis in their system will no longer automatically lose their licence.
Could re-election end Trump's legal woes? And compensating invasions of privacy 12 November 2024
What does Donald Trump's election victory mean for his legal problems? And the case of a daughter who sued her father for sharing their private conversations.
The dilemmas of parole board decision making 5 November 2024
What's it like to have the responsibility to decide if a serious violent offender should be released from prison and allowed back into the community?

Pafburn Pty Limited v The Owners - Strata Plan No 84674 [2024] HCA 49 (11 December 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 10 December 2024
Catchwords: Tort – Negligence – Concurrent wrongdoers – Proportionate liability – Where owners corporation claimed damages from developer and head building contractor for construction of building – Where claim for economic loss arising from breach of duty imposed on person carrying out construction work by s 37 of Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (NSW) […]
Elisha v Vision Australia Limited [2024] HCA 50 (11 December 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 10 December 2024
Catchwords: Damages – Assessment – Breach of contract – Scope of contractual duty – Remoteness – Where appellant employed by respondent – Where incident involving appellant occurred during travel for appellant's work duties – Where appellant provided with "stand down letter" outlining allegations arising from incident – Where previous reports of appellant's aggressive behaviour – […]
Kramer v Stone [2024] HCA 48 (11 December 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Gleeson and Beech-Jones JJ) 10 December 2024
Catchwords: Estoppel – Equitable estoppel – Proprietary estoppel – Proprietary estoppel by encouragement – Where promisor made promise to bequeath property to promisee – Where promisor did not further encourage promisee to rely on promise after making promise – Where promisee acted to his detriment in reliance on promise – Where promisor did not bequeath […]
Commonwealth of Australia v Sanofi [2024] HCA 47 (11 December 2024) (Gordon A-Cj, Edelman, Steward, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 10 December 2024
Catchwords: Damages – Undertaking as to damages – Where interlocutory injunction obtained to prevent manufacture or sale of generic pharmaceutical products – Where compensation sought for loss suffered as result of generic products not being listed on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme ("PBS") – Whether generic products would have been listed on PBS but for interlocutory injunction […]
BIF23 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] HCA 44 (04 December 2024) (Gordon A-Cj, Edelman, Steward, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 3 December 2024
Catchwords: Immigration – Visas – Cancellation of visa – Revocation of cancellation of visa – Where appellant convicted of offences and sentenced to aggregate term of imprisonment – Where appellant's visa mandatorily cancelled on the basis of "substantial criminal record" under s 501(3A) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Where appellant notified of cancellation and […]
Pearson v Commonwealth of Australia JZQQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Tapiki v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Minister for Home Affairs v.. [2024] HCA 46 (04 December 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 3 December 2024
Catchwords: Statutes – Construction – Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Aggregate sentences – Where visas subject to mandatory cancellation under s 501(3A) of Migration Act because plaintiff and appellants did not pass character test on basis of s 501(7)(c) – Where s 501(7)(c) engaged if person sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 12 months […]
Fuller v Lawrence [2024] HCA 45 (04 December 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Gleeson and Beech-Jones JJ) 3 December 2024
Catchwords: Administrative law – Judicial review – Decision of administrative character made under an enactment – Where prisoner was subject to supervision order of Supreme Court of Queensland – Where Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld) required supervision order to contain requirement that prisoner comply with every reasonable direction of corrective services officer – […]
RC v The Salvation Army (Western Australia) Property Trust [2024] HCA 43 (13 November 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 12 November 2024
Catchwords: Courts – Abuse of process – Permanent stay of proceedings – Where claim for damages for personal injury for alleged sexual abuse occurring in 1959 and 1960 – Where no limitation period in respect of child sexual abuse actions under s 6A of Limitation Act 2005 (WA) – Where deaths of alleged perpetrator and […]
Willmot v Queensland [2024] HCA 42 (13 November 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 12 November 2024
Catchwords: Courts – Abuse of process – Permanent stay of proceedings – Where claim for damages for personal injury for alleged child sexual abuse and serious physical abuse more than 50 years ago – Where no limitation period for claims resulting from child sexual abuse or serious physical abuse under s 11A of Limitation of […]
Bird v DP (a pseudonym) [2024] HCA 41 (13 November 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 12 November 2024
Catchwords: Torts – Intentional torts – Vicarious liability – Where priest committed sexual abuse whilst carrying out pastoral duties as representative of Diocese – Where priest not agent or employee of Diocese – Whether Diocese vicariously liable for priest's sexual abuse – Whether vicarious liability extends beyond relationships of employment to relationships "akin to employment". […]

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