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)