Recent Decisions

This page was last updated 18 December 2019, and includes decisions from September 2019.

AUSTRALIA

High Court – public law decisions

Pending & reserved cases – constitutional law

• Love v Commonwealth of Australia; Thoms v Commonwealth of Australia B43/2018 and B64/2018
• Smethurst v Commissioner of Police S196/2019
• KMC v Director of Public Prosecutions (SA) A20/2019

Pending & reserved cases – administrative law

• CNY17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection M72/2019
• Hocking v Director-General of the National Archives of Australia S262/2019
• CXXXVIII v Commonwealth of Australia A30/2019

Pending & reserved cases – Native title

• State of WA v Manado on behalf of the Bindunbur Native Title Claim Group; State of Western Australia v Augustine on behalf of the Jabirr Jabirr / Ngumbarl Native Title Claim Group P34/2019; Commonwealth of Australia v Manado on behalf of the Bindunbur Native Title Claim Group P34/2019; P35/2019; P37/2019

Decided cases – constitutional law

Comcare v Banerji [2019] HCA 23

• Court documents: C12/2018

• Decision via austLII

• High Court Judgment summary

• Opinions on High post

Palmer v Australian Electoral Commission [2019] HCA 24

• Court documents: B19/2019

• Decision via austLII

• High Court Judgment summary

• Opinions on High post

Minogue v Victoria [2019] HCA 31

•  Court documents: M162/201

• Decision via austLII

• High Court Judgment summary

Vella v Commissioner of Police (NSW) [2019] HCA 38

• Court documents: S30/2019

• Decision via austLII

• High Court Judgment summary

BMW Australia Ltd v Brewster; Westpac Banking Corporation v Lenthall [2019] HCA 45

• Court documents: S152/2019 and S154/2019

• Decision via austLII

• High Court Judgment summary

Decided cases – administrative law

BVD17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] HCA 34

• Court documents: S46/2019

• Decision via austLII

• High Court Judgment summary

INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTIONS – Significant constitutional law decisions

Canadian Supreme Court

• R v Poulin (2019) SCC 47

• R v KJM (2019) SCC 55

• Desgagnés Transport Inc. v. Wärtsilä Canada Inc. (2019) SCC 58

• Canada (Attorney General) v British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (2019) SCC 63

South African Constitutional Court

• Freedom of Religion South Africa v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others [2019] ZACC 34

• President of the Republic of South Africa v Democratic Alliance and Others [2019] ZACC 35

• Moodley v Kenmont School and Others [2019] ZACC 37

• Minister of Justice and Correctional Services v Ramuhovhi and Others [2019] ZACC 44

New Zealand Supreme Court

United Kingdom Supreme Court

• R (on the application of Miller) v The Prime Minister [2019] UKSC 41

• Gilham v Ministry of Justice [2019] UKSC 44

United States Supreme Court

• Thompson v Hebdon (9th Cir, No 19-122, 25 November 2019)

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region High Court

• In the matter of the Emergency Regulations Ordinace, Cap 241 and the Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation, Cap 241K [2019] HKCFI 2820