High Court Registry closure

The High Court Registry will be closed from 4.00pm 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 Michael Hudson McHugh AC QC

11 Speeches/Articles by Michael Hudson McHugh AC QC

2005

  • "The Need for Agitators - the Risk of Stagnation" Sydney University Law Society Public Forum, Sydney, 12 October 2005

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  • "Working as a High Court Justice" Speech to the Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales, and the Law Society of Newcastle, Newcastle, 17 August 2005

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  • "Dancing in the Streets - The Defamation Tango, Australian Bar Association Conference, Dublin, 29 June - 2 July 2005

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  • Speech to Welcome 2005 New Silks, The Great Hall, High Court of Australia, Canberra, 31 January 2005

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2004

  • The Constitutional Jurisprudence of the High Court: 1989-2004, The Inaugural Sir Anthony Mason Lecture in Constitutional Law, 26 November 2004, Banco Court, Sydney

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  • Women Justices for the High Court, Speech delivered at the High Court Dinner hosted by the Western Australia Law Society, 27 October 2004

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  • The Strengths of the Weakest Arm, Keynote address, Australian Bar Association Conference, Florence, 2 July 2004

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2002

  • Australian Bar Association Conference, Paris, 10 July 2002, Tensions between the Executive and the Judiciary

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  • The High Court and the Oxford Companion to the High Court, Botanical Gardens Restaurant, 15 February 2002

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1998

  • The Australian Bar Association Conference, London, 5 July 1998, Democracy and the Law, "The Judicial Method"

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  • The University of Newcastle, Graduation Ceremony, 8 May 1998, "Youth and Leadership in Modern Australia"

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