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 Susan Maree Crennan AC

22 Speeches/Articles by Susan Maree Crennan AC

2014

  • A Life and the Law - An Appreciation of Frank Costigan QC, Melbourne, 20 November 2014

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  • Naming of the Peter O'Callaghan QC Gallery, Melbourne, 8 October 2014

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  • Magna Carta, Common Law Values and the Constitution, Melbourne, 21 May 2014

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  • Celebration of Women in the Law, Melbourne, 16 April 2014

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2013

  • The Humanities and the Rule of Law, Melbourne, 23 October 2013

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  • Section 128 of the Commonwealth Constitution and Constitutional Change, Melbourne, 22 August 2013

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  • Book Launch - Interpretation and Use of Legal Sources, Melbourne, 20 August 2013

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  • Victorian Bar Pro Bono Awards, Melbourne, 14 May 2013

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2012

  • Fathers and Daughters, Melbourne, 3 August 2012

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  • Temple Church - A Reflection, London, 1 July 2012

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2010

  • After Dinner Speech for Alan Goldberg, Melbourne, 28 July 2010

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  • Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law in Australia with some Reference to The Global Economy, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, 15 February 2010

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  • Statutes and The Contemporary Search for Meaning, Statute Law Society Paper, London, 1 February 2010

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  • Varieties of History and The Law, The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London, 31 January 2010

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2008

  • Gilbert & Tobin Centre of Public Law, Constitutional Law Dinner 2008, "Reflections on sections 7 and 24 of the Constitution"

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2007

  • CLE Lecture, The Victorian Bar, Melbourne, 28 November 2007, "Blackstone's "signs" and statutory interpretation"

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  • Launch of Meanjin, Volume 66.3, Univerity of Melbourne, 18 October 2007

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  • Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ) Conference, Noosa, 16 September 2007

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  • Australian Bar Association Conference, Chicago, 28 June 2007, "Scepticism and the Law"

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  • Australian National University, Canberra, 18 April 2007, "Book Launch"

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2006

  • Freehills' Litigators Dinner, Melbourne, 11 September 2006, "Post-Modernism and the Law"

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  • Supreme Court of Victoria, Melbourne, 30 March 2006, Book Launch "In Off the Red"

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