Courts

The High Court has agreed to step in to hear an appeal of a ruling that put a Federal Circuit and Family Court judge on the hook for a man’s false imprisonment.

The NSW Supreme Court has welcomed its newest judge, who was praised by his peers as “universally popular” for his warm personality and among the best tax silks in the country.

The Federal Court has welcomed two Victorian senior barristers to the bench, including a silk who assisted in the Royal Commission into Crown’s Melbourne casino. 

Practitioners have marked the passing of former NSW Supreme Court Justice Andrew Rogers KC, who will be remembered for transforming commercial litigation through his vigorous, often “brutal” approach to case management.

The latest appointment to the Federal Circuit and Family Court is a proud Territorian who will serve with “empathy and enthusiasm”, Australia’s peak legal body said Monday.

The top judge in NSW has called for more court resources and funding to ease the burden of an overworked judiciary, in an impassioned speech backed by the state’s solicitors and barristers.

The latest judge to join the NSW Supreme Court has expressed a desire to foster a serious but collegiate environment for advocates and has remarked on the rising importance of legal directories for barristers. 

Hackers behind a cyberattack on Victoria’s court system may have accessed recordings of hearings stretching back to 2016, Court Services Victoria has said. On January 2, CSV CEO Louise Anderson notified the public that hackers had breached a network with video and audio recordings of courts across Victoria, saying recordings of hearings that took place […]

Judges were not afraid to vent their spleen in 2023, but lawyers were not the only object of judicial scorn last year, as judges waded into public discourse and sounded off over issues including complex legislation, media reports, famous social media commentators, and the involvement of government departments in legal proceedings. 

A judge has refused a bid by the ACT Police Chief to intervene on behalf of the AFP in Shane Drumgold SC legal challenge to the findings of an inquiry into the prosecution of Brittany Higgins’ assault claims against Bruce Lehrmann, but has allowed six police officers to be joined to defend the findings.