2016
Technology and the Law, Bar Association of Queensland Annual Conference, 27 February 2016 (PDF 161K) (RTF 272K)
2015
Applications for Special Leave in Tax Matters, Bar Association Annual Dinner, 29 October 2015 (PDF 81K) (RTF 241K)
Law Society Dinner, West Australian Circuit, Perth, 13 August 2015 (PDF 76K) (RTF 129K)
Justice Hayne's Contribution to Public Law, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Law Conference, Melbourne, 24 July 2015 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â (PDF 91K) (RTF 151K)
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Magna Carta and the Development of the Common Law by Professor Brand, University of Oxford
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2024
“In Conversation with Stephen Gageler, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia” (2024) Judicature International https://judicature.duke.edu/articles/in-conversation-with-stephen-gageler-chief-justice-of-the-high-court-of-australia/
2023
“Administrative Law in the Common law tradition” (2023) 53 Australian Bar Review 1. (PDF)
Book Foreword, Benjamin B Saunders, “Responsible Government and the Australian Constitution: A Government for a Sovereign People” (Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law, 2023) (PDF)
Book Launch, “Dynamic and Principled: The Influence of Sir Anthony Mason”, Ben Chen and Jeffrey Gordon (eds) (2023) 52 Australian Bar Review 450. (PDF)
“The Legacy of Sir Gerard Brennan to Australian Public Law” (2023) 33 Public Law Review 303. (PDF)
“Integrating the Australian judicial system” (2023) 15(1) The Judicial Review 21 (PDF)
”Judicial Legitimacy”, (2023) 97 (1) Australian Law Journal 28 (PDF)
2022
Book Review, " Public Finance and Parliamentary Constitutionalism" (2022) 46(1) Melbourne University Law Review 320. (PDF)
“Just versus Quick: Constructivist and Ecological Rationality in a Common Law System” (2022) 45(2) Melbourne University Law Review 830. (PDF)
“The Coming of Age of Australian Law” in McDonald, Chen & Gordon (eds) Dynamic and Principled: The Influence of Sir Anthony Mason (The Federation Press, 2022). (PDF)
“Law in a time of COVID”, Victorian Bar News Issue 171 – Winter 2022 (PDF)
Book Review, " Australian Contract Law in the 21st Century" (2022) (1) Cambridge Law Journal 81. (PDF )
2020
Review Essay, “Judging the New by the Old in the Judicial Review of Executive Action” (2020) Sydney Law Review 42 (4). (PDF)
"Commentary on Chapter 5" in John Griffiths and James Stellios (eds), Current Issues in Australian Constitutional Law (The Federation Press, 2020). (PDF)
"Engineers: The Drama of its Day in the Climate of its Era" (2020) 31 Public Law Review 4. (PDF)
“A Tale of Two Ships: The MV Tampa and the SS Afghan” (2019) 40 (3) Adelaide Law Review 615. (PDF)
2019
“Small Steps and Giant Leaps: Patterns in Australian Constitutional Adjudication” (2019) 19 Macquarie Law Journal 15. (PDF)
“Alternative Facts in the Courts” (2019) 93 Australian Law Journal 585 (PDF)
“Three is Plenty” (2019) in G Weeks and M Groves (eds), Administrative Redress In and Out of the Courts: Essays in Honour of Robin Creyke and John McMillan (Federation Press, 2019) (PDF)
2018
“Truth and justice, and sheep” (2018) 46 Australian Bar Review 205 (PDF)
"Expansion of the Fiduciary Paradigm into Commercial Relationships: The Australian Experience" in Peter Devonshire and Rohan Havelock (eds), The Impact of Equity and Restitution in Commerce (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2018) (PDF 626K)
Sir Robert Garran: Medio Tutissimus Ibis" (2018) 46 Federal Law Review 1 (PDF 265K)
"Comparative Constitutional Law" in The Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution by Cheryl Saunders and Adrienne Stone (eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, 2018 (PDF 176K)
"The Section 92 Revolution" in James Stellios (ed), Encounters with Constitutional Interpretation and Legal Education: Essays in Honour of Michael Coper (The Federation Press, 2018) 26 (PDF 680K)
2017
"Evidence and truth" (2017) 13 (3) The Judicial Review 249 (PDF 86K)
Chapter IV: The Inter-State Commission and the Regulation of Trade and Commerce under the Australian Constitution (2017) 28 Public Law Review 205 (PDF 100K)
"When the High Court Went on Strike" (2017) 40 Melbourne University Law Review 1098 (PDF 4004K)
Book Review, "Controlling Administrative Power: An Historical Comparison" (2017) The Cambridge Law Journal 76 (2) (PDF 57K)
2016
"The Equitable Duty of Loyalty in Public Office" in Bonyhady (ed,) Finn's Law: An Australian Justice , (Federation Press, 2016). (PDF 730K)
Book Review, "Damages and Human Rights" (2016) 27 Public Law Review 327. (PDF 80K)
'What it is to be a government lawyer' This article is taken from the speech given on the occasion of the launch in April 2016 of 'Without fear or favour: The life of Dennis John Rose AM QC' by Carmel Meiklejohn, Reproduced courtesy of Australian Government Solicitor magazine © Commonwealth of Australia 2016 (PDF 404K)
The intersection of the common law, statute law and notions of fairness [2016] IFL 15. (PDF 60K)
2015
Whitmore and the Americans: Some American Influences on the Development of Australian Administrative Law" (2015) 38 UNSW Law Journal 1316 (PDF 1140K)
'Legislative Intention' (2015) 41 Monash University Law Review 1. (PDF 742K)
"The Master of Words: Who Chooses Statutory Meaning" in Connolly and Steward (eds), Public Law in the Age of Statutes, Essays in Honour of Dennis Pearce (Federation Press, 2015) (PDF 1758K)
"James Bryce and the Australian Constitution" (2015) 43 Federal Law Review 177 (PDF 315K)
"Pearls of Wisdom" (2015) 13 Law Society of NSW Journal 21 (PDF 2018K)
"Deference" (2015) 22 Australian Journal of Administrative Law 151 (PDF 193K)
2014
"The Constitutional Dimension" in M Groves (ed), "Modern Administrative Law in Australia: Concepts and Contexts" (2014) (PDF 824K)
"Collective Irrationality and the Doctrine of Precedent" (2014) 38 Melbourne University Law Review 525 (with Dr Brendan Lim) (PDF 277k)
"Why Write Judgments?" (2014) 36 Sydney Law Review 189 (PDF 412k)
"What is a Question of Law?" (2014) 43 Australian Tax Review 68 (PDF 93k)
"What is Information Technology Doing to the Common Law?" (2014) 39 Australian Bar Review 146 (PDF 82k)
NORTH QUEENSLAND LAW ASSOCIATION
"JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE"
CONFERENCE
30 MAY 2008
The Honourable Justice Kiefel
High Court of Australia
December
17 December 2015
Wei v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (PDF 250K) (RTF 621K)
Plaintiff M64/2015 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (PDF 293K) (RTF 604K)
10 December 2015
Commissioner of Taxation v Australian Building Systems Pty Ltd (In Liquidation); Commissioner of Taxation v Ginette Dawn Muller and Joanne Emily Dunn as Liquidators of Australian Building Systems Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) (PDF 298K) (RTF 627K)
9 December 2015
Allen v Chadwick (PDF 294K) (RTF 614K)
Commonwealth of Australia v Director, Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate & Ors; Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union & Anor v Director, Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate & Anor (PDF 296K) (RTF 607K)
2 December 2015
Fair Work Ombudsman v Quest South Perth Holdings Pty Ltd & Ors (PDF 290K) (RTF 619K)
Macoun v Commissioner of Taxation (PDF 294K) (RTF 610K)
Firebird Global Master Fund II Ltd v Republic of Nauru & Anor (PDF 252K) (RTF 611K)
November
11 November 2015
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Limited & Anor v Northern Territory of Australia (PDF 294K) (RTF 629K)
4 November 2015
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v WZARH & Anor (PDF 292K) (RTF 605K)
The Queen v Pham (PDF 290K) (RTF 602K)
October
23 October 2015
The Queen v Beckett (PDF 293K) (RTF 611K)
14 October 2015
Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd v Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd & Anor; Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd & Anor (PDF 255K) (RTF 613K)
PT Bayan Resources TBK v BCBC Singapore Pte Ltd & Ors (PDF 251K) (RTF 617K)
7 October 2015
For judgment:
D'Arcy v Myriad Genetics Inc & Anor (PDF 296K) (RTF 632K)
McCloy & Ors v State of New South Wales & Anor (PDF 252K) (RTF 612K)
For pronouncement of reasons:
Alcan Gove Pty Ltd v Zabic (PDF 294K) (RTF 602K)
September
9 September 2015
Duncan v Independent Commission Against Corruption (PDF 294K) (RTF 605K)
2 September 2015
Fuller-Lyons by his Tutor Nita Lyons v State of New South Wales (PDF 250K) (RTF 608K)
Astrazeneca AB & Anor v Apotex Pty Ltd; Astrazeneca AB & Anor v Watson Pharma Pty Ltd; Astrazeneca AB & Anor v Ascent Pharma Pty Ltd (PDF 295K) (RTF 625K)
August
12 August 2015
Filippo
Filippou v The Queen (PDF 290K) (RTF 606K)
Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd (PDF 252K) (RTF 614K)
5 August 2015
Smith v The Queen (PDF 294K) (RTF 611K)
Police v Dunstall (PDF 293K) (RTF 611K)
Ausnet Transmission Group Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia (PDF 296K) (RTF 631K)
June
17 June 2015
Gnych & Anor v Polish Club Limited (PDF 293K) (RTF 606K)
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v WZAPN & Anor; WZARV v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection & Anor (PDF 297K) (RTF 608K)
Construction, Foresty, Mining and Energy Union v Boral Resources (Vic) Pty Ltd & Ors (PDF 292K) (RTF 608K)
10 June 2015
Isbester v Knox City Council (PDF 405K) (RTF 611K)
King v Philcox (PDF 294K) (RTF 633K)
May
13 May 2015
Selig & Anor v Wealthsure Pty Ltd & Ors (PDF 294K) (RTF 609K)
State of Queensland v Congoo & Ors (PDF 296K) (RTF 632K)
6 May 2015
Lindsay v The Queen (PDF 293K) (RTF 606K)
Uelese v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection & Anor (PDF 295K) (RTF 606K)
April
15 April 2015
Independent Commission Against Corruption v Cunneen & Ors (PDF 294K) (RTF 694K)
Duncan v The State of New South Wales; Nucoal Resources Ltd v New South Wales; Cascade Coal Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales (PDF 251K) (RTF 614K)
08 April 2015
Queensland Nickel Pty Limited v Commonwealth of Australia (PDF 296K) (RTF 695K)
Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia & Ors v Queensland Rail & Anor (PDF 295K) (RTF 699K)
March
11 March 2015
Fortress Credit Corporation (Australia) II Pty Ltd & Anor v William John Fletcher and Katherine Barnet as Liquidators of Octaviar Limited (Receiver and Managers Appointed) (In Liquidation) and Octaviar Administration Pty Ltd & Ors (PDF 80K) (RTF 626K)
CMB v Attorney General for New South Wales (PDF 78K) (RTF 613K)
Grant Samuel Corporate Finance Pty Limited v Fletcher & Ors JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association & Anor v Fletcher & Ors (PDF 77K) (RTF 620K)
4 March 2015
Australian Communications and Media Authority v Today FM (Sydney) Pty Ltd (PDF 296K) (RTF 609K)
Korda & Ors v Executor Trustees (SA) Limited (PDF 294K) (RTF 628K)
February
12 February 2015
Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police & Ors v Zhao & Anor (PDF 292K) (RTF 608K)
11 February 2015
Lavin & Anor v Toppi & Ors (PDF 291K) (RTF 609K)
Plaintiff S297/2013 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection & Anor (PDF 292K) (RTF 693K)
4 February 2015
Cassegrain v Gerard Cassegrain & Co Pty Ltd (PDF 294K) (RTF 690K)
January
28 January 2015
CPCF v Minister for Immigration & Border Protection & Anor (PDF 296K) (RTF 627K)
Judgments
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