Just not cricket

As summer holidays fade away I was contemplating my days at both the Sydney test match (cricket) and the Australian Open (tennis) and looking (and laughing) at the differences in the terms and conditions for both events. The following are not allowed into Melbourne...

Stitched Up in the High Court

I did battle this week with a self represented person who was trying to get their special leave application re-instated in the High Court. They needed re-instatement because they failed to comply with High Court Rule 41.10. That rule which I set out below (complete...

A great deal of noise

In 1950, Mr Scott obtained the right to exhibit motion pictures on Wednesday and Saturday evenings at the (1939 art deco) Numurkah Town Hall. Unfortunately (for Mr Scott), the town hall also had facilities for private dances and wedding receptions. Mr Scott said these...

Red Herring

In Australian Conservation Foundation v Forestry Commission and Others (1988) 19 FCR 127 at 135, Burchett J summarised one of the fundamental principles of judicial review of administrative decisions as follows: “It is true that a decision-maker may not take...

Perspicuous Remarks

If you don’t already know the meaning of “perspicuous” you will get the gist of it from the Court of Appeal judgment in JPQS P/L v Cosmarnan Constructions P/L & 3 Ors [2003] NSWCA 66. It appears that the late Meagher JA has managed to press the...