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Tikanga: incorporating Māori concepts in NZ common law 30 April 2024
Justice Joe Willams, the first Māori member of NZ's Supreme Court, speaks to Damien Carrick about how courts in his country are adopting First Nations concepts in the common law.
Jury selection in Trump's 'hush money' trial; monitoring dangerous offenders after release from prison 23 April 2024
Donald Trump's high profile criminal trial gets underway in New York. And meet the tough former prosecutor who became responsible for monitoring the reintegration of Victoria's most dangerous criminals.
Judge rules, on balance of probabilities, Lehrmann raped Higgins 16 April 2024
In a high-profile defamation case, justice Michael Lee found that former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann, on the balance of probabilities, raped his then colleague Brittany Higgins inside Parliament House in 2019.
Do Queensland's criminal defence laws need to be reformed? 9 April 2024
If someone is charged with a violent crime like murder or assault, what defences can they argue? That depends on what part of Australia you live in.The Queensland Law Reform Commission is conducting a review of the criminal defences which operate in that state – some of them very controversial. Warning: this episode contains descriptions […]
Two hundred years of the NSW Supreme Court 2 April 2024
Next month, the Supreme Court of New South Wales marks its 200th birthday. A new book, Constant Guardian: Changing Times, tells the history of the court. In his first extensive interview since his appointment in 2022, NSW Chief Justice Andrew Bell tells Damien Carrick about some of the significant trials discussed in the book.
Movements in work safety: Victoria's first industrial manslaughter prosecutions and feedback on OH&S laws 26 March 2024
The Law Report makes the law accessible.
Protecting IP rights: a guide for divorcees and inventors 19 March 2024
Dividing up intellectual property rights in a divorce settlement. And the case of a mining equipment company that legally can't stop competitors from copying its invention.
"Trapped in silence": The campaign to end NDA misuse 12 March 2024
The global campaign to end the misuse of non-disclosure agreements. And record damages awarded in a sexual harassment case make it clear courts won't tolerate employers who intimidate complainants.
Non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases 5 March 2024
How are non-disclosure agreements used in the settlement of sexual harassment claims? Damien Carrick speaks to the co-authors of a new study, "Let's talk about confidentiality".
Do we have healthy industry competition in Australia? 27 February 2024
Do we have healthy industry competition in Australia? Do we have the right regulatory framework? Damien Carrick speaks to the chairwoman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Gina Cass-Gottlieb.

Director of Public Prosecutions v Benjamin Roder (a pseudonym) [2024] HCA 15 (17 April 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 17 April 2024
Catchwords: Criminal practice – Trial – Directions to jury – Tendency – Where respondent due to stand trial on charges of sexual offences committed against two children of former partner – Where prosecution served tendency notice stating intention to rely on evidence of uncharged and charged acts to support alleged tendency on part of respondent […]
Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Kola [2024] HCA 14 (17 April 2024) (Gageler CJ; Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 17 April 2024
Catchwords: Criminal practice – Trial – Directions to jury – Conspiracy – Where respondent found guilty of conspiracy to import commercial quantity of border controlled drug contrary to ss 11.5(1) and 307.1(1) of Criminal Code (Cth) – Where s 11.5(7A) provided that any special liability provisions that apply to an offence apply also to offence […]
Miller v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] HCA 13 (17 April 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 17 April 2024
Catchwords: Statutes – Construction – Non-compliance with condition precedent to exercise of statutory jurisdiction – Consequences for validity of exercise of jurisdiction – Where appellant's visa cancelled under s 501(3A) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Where delegate of Minister decided under s 501CA(4) not to revoke original decision – Where appellant's migration agent applied […]
LPDT v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2024] HCA 12 (10 April 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 10 April 2024
Catchwords: Administrative law (Cth) – Judicial review – Jurisdictional error – Materiality – Threshold of materiality – Principles to be applied. Immigration – Visas – Cancellation of visa – Where appellant committed and found guilty of offences – Where appellant sentenced to terms of imprisonment – Where appellant's visa mandatorily cancelled under s 501(3A) of […]
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs v McQueen [2024] HCA 11 (10 April 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 10 April 2024
Catchwords: Immigration – Visas – Cancellation of visa – Revocation of cancellation decision – Where respondent's visa mandatorily cancelled under s 501(3A) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Where respondent made representations seeking revocation of cancellation decision under s 501CA(4) – Where Minister provided by Department of Home Affairs with submission summarising respondent's representations, draft […]
The King v Anna Rowan – a Pseudonym [2024] HCA 9 (13 March 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 12 March 2024
Catchwords: The King v Anna Rowan – A Pseudonym Criminal law – Defences – Defence of duress – Where respondent charged with sexual offences committed against two of her daughters in presence of respondent's partner "JR" – Where, prior to trial, respondent sought to raise defence of duress – Where supporting evidence on voir-dire included […]
AB (a pseudonym) v Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission [2024] HCA 10 (13 March 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 12 March 2024
Catchwords: Statutes – Construction – Procedural fairness – Reasonable opportunity to respond – Where Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission ("IBAC") conducted investigation into allegations of unauthorised access to and disclosure of internal email accounts – Where IBAC provided redacted draft special report containing proposed adverse findings against appellants – Where IBAC refused to provide evidentiary material […]
Hurt v The King; Hurt v The King; Delzotto v The King [2024] HCA 8 (13 March 2024) (Gageler CJ; Edelman, Steward, Gleeson and Jagot JJ) 12 March 2024
Catchwords: Criminal law – Sentencing – Appeal against sentence – Minimum sentences – Where s 16AAB of Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), inserted by Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Act 2020 (Cth) ("Amendment Act"), provided for minimum terms of imprisonment, subject to limited exceptions, for offences – Where offences included […]
Redland City Council v Kozik [2024] HCA 7 (13 March 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Steward and Jagot JJ) 12 March 2024
Catchwords: Statutes – Construction – Statutory debt – Local government – Special rates and charges – Where appellant empowered by Local Government Act 2009 (Qld) ("Act") to levy special rates and charges in respect of rateable land – Where appellant purported to levy special charges on respondents' land – Where special charges levied pursuant to […]
Lesianawai v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] HCA 6 (06 March 2024) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Gleeson and Beech-Jones JJ) 5 March 2024
Catchwords: Immigration – Visas – Cancellation of visa – Where plaintiff found guilty of robbery offences when under 16 years of age before Children's Court of New South Wales – Where plaintiff committed subsequent robbery offences as adult – Where plaintiff's visa cancelled under s 501(2) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Where delegate of […]

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