High Court Registry closure

The High Court Registry will be closed from 4:00pm AEDT on Wednesday, 24 December 2025 and will re-open at 9:00am on Friday, 2 January 2026.

Any party seeking to file a document due to be filed between 25 December 2025 and 1 January 2026 has an automatic extension of time under the High Court Rules 2004 (Rule 4.01.5) until 4:00pm on Friday, 2 January 2026 to file the document. Any documents lodged between 25 December 2025 and 1 January 2026 will be reviewed on 2 January 2026.

All inquiries for the High Court will be considered when the Registry re-opens on Friday, 2 January 2026. If a matter is of extreme urgency, you may telephone 1800 570 566, select Option 1 and leave a voicemail. In addition, provide details by email to: registry@hcourt.gov.au.

Speeches/Articles by Justice Kenneth Madison Hayne AC

18 Speeches/Articles by Kenneth Madison Hayne AC

2008

  • ‘The Vanishing Trial’ (Address, Supreme and Federal Courts Judges Conference, Sydney, 23 January 2008)

2007

  • ‘Written Advocacy’ (Paper, Continuing Legal Education Program of the Victorian Bar, 5 and 26 March 2007)

2006

  • ‘Concerning Judicial Method: Fifty Years On’ (Fourteenth Lucinda Lecture, Monash University Law School, 17 October 2006)

2004

2003

  • ‘The High Court of Australia’ (Address, Round Table of the International Association of Constitutional Law, Melbourne, 4 October 2003)

  • ‘Restricting Litigiousness’ (Paper, Litigation in the New Millennium Session, 13th Commonwealth Law Conference, Melbourne, 14 April 2003)

2002

  • ‘Dispute Resolution and the Rule of Law’ (Sino-Australian Seminar, Beijing, 20-22 November 2002)

  • 'Commercial Law: Private Business / Public Concern' (Opening Address, Centre for Commercial Law Conference 2002, Australian National University, 30 September 2002)

2001

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