Hocking v. Director-General of the National Archives of Australia
Case No.
S262/2019
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
8/02/2019 Federal Court of Australia (Allsop CJ, Flick & Robertson JJ)
Catchwords
Administrative law – Where access sought under Archives Act 1983 (Cth) to records, being correspondence (original or copies) received and sent by former Governor-General or Official Secretary to and from Queen – Whether correspondence is “Commonwealth record” within meaning of Act, or is excluded as personal or private – Whether records created or received in corresponding with Monarch in performance of office of Governor-General are property of Commonwealth or personal property of Governor-General.
Documents*
16/08/2019 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)
29/08/2019 Notice of appeal
04/10/2019 Written submissions (Appellant)
04/10/2019 Chronology (Appellant)
01/11/2019 Written submissions (Respondent and Attorney-General for the Commonwealth intervening)
22/11/2019 Reply
04/02/2020 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
04/02/2020 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)
04/02/2020 Outline of oral argument (Respondent and Attorney-General for the Commonwealth intervening)
05/02/2020 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
29/05/2020 Judgment (Judgment summary)
Audio-visual recordings of Full Court hearings heard in Canberra
Case: Fennell v. The Queen
Date: 11 September 2019
Transcript: Hearing
AV time: 3h 20m
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Audio-visual recordings of Full Court hearings heard in Canberra
Case: De Silva v The Queen
Date: 04 September 2019
Transcript: Hearing
AV time: 1h 29m
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(2) The audio-visual material available via our web-site of Court proceedings does not constitute the official record of the Court.
(3) Copyright of the footage of the proceedings is retained by the Court.
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Audio-visual recordings of Full Court hearings heard in Canberra
Case: State of New South Wales v Robinson
Date: 04 September 2019
Transcript: Hearing
AV time: 3h 40m
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Terms of use
Access to the audio-visual recordings of the Court is subject to the following conditions:
(1) You will not record, copy, modify, reproduce, publish, republish, upload, post, transmit, broadcast, rebroadcast, store, distribute or otherwise make available, in any manner, any proceeding or part of any proceeding, other than with prior written approval of the Court. However, schools and universities may broadcast/rebroadcast proceedings in a classroom setting for educational purposes without prior written approval.
(2) The audio-visual material available via our web-site of Court proceedings does not constitute the official record of the Court.
(3) Copyright of the footage of the proceedings is retained by the Court.
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Audio-visual recordings of Full Court hearings heard in Canberra
Case:BMW Australia Limited v. Brewster & Anor; Westpac Banking Corporation & Anor v. Lenthall & Ors
Date: 14 August 2019
Transcript: Hearing
AV time: 4h 38m
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Terms of use
Access to the audio-visual recordings of the Court is subject to the following conditions:
(1) You will not record, copy, modify, reproduce, publish, republish, upload, post, transmit, broadcast, rebroadcast, store, distribute or otherwise make available, in any manner, any proceeding or part of any proceeding, other than with prior written approval of the Court. However, schools and universities may broadcast/rebroadcast proceedings in a classroom setting for educational purposes without prior written approval.
(2) The audio-visual material available via our web-site of Court proceedings does not constitute the official record of the Court.
(3) Copyright of the footage of the proceedings is retained by the Court.
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