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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)

[2019] FCAFC 12

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.

Short particulars

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)