Recent Decisions
This page was last updated 9 October 2020, and includes decisions from July 2020.
AUSTRALIA
High Court – public law decisions
Pending & reserved cases – constitutional law
Pending & reserved cases – administrative law
- CXXXVIII v Commonwealth of Australia A30/2019
- ABT17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection & Anor M140/2019
- Minister for Home Affairs & Ors v DLZ17 & Anor; Minister for Home Affairs & Anor v Marie Theresa Arthur as Litigation Representative for BZD18; Minister for Home Affairs & Anor v FRX17 as Litigation Representative for FMR17; Minister for Home Affairs & Anor v DJA18 as Litigation Representative for DIZ18 M27/2020
- DVO16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection & Anor S66/2020
- Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Makasa S103/2020
- Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs v AAM17 & Anor P23/2020
- Minister for Home Affairs v DUA16 & Anor; Minister for Home Affairs v CHK16 & Anor M57/2020
- Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v EFX17 B43/2020
- Oakey Coal Action Alliance Inv v New Acland Coal Pty Ltd & Ors B34/2020
- DQU16 & Ors v Minister for Home Affairs & Anor S169/2020
- MZAPC v Minister for Immigration and ABorder PRotection & Anor M77/2020
Pending & reserved cases – Native title
Decided cases – constitutional law
Private R v Cowen & Anor [2020] HCA 31
- Court documents: S272/2019
- Decision via austLII
- High Court Judgment summary
Decided cases – administrative law
Minister for Immigration & Border Protection v CED16 & Anor
- Court documents: S347/2019
- Decision via austLII
- High Court Judgment summary
Applicant S270/2019 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2020] HCA 32
- Court documents: S47/2020
- Decision via austLII
- High Court Judgment summary
Northern Land Council & Anor v Quall & Anor [2020] HCA 33
- Court documents: D21/2019
- Decision via austLII
- High Court Judgment summary
Decided cases – native title
INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTIONS – Significant constitutional law decisions
Canadian Supreme Court
- Reference re Genetic Non-Discrimination Act (2020) SCC 17
- R v Thanabalasingham (2020) SCC 18
- British Columbia (Attorney-General) v Provincial Court Judges’ Association of British Columbia (2020) SCC 20
- Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v Judges of the Provincial Court and Family Court of Nova Scotia (2020) SCC 21
- 1704604 Ontario Ld v Pointes Protection Association (2020) SCC 22
South African Constitutional Court
- Ramabele v The State; Msimango v The State [2020] ZACC 22
New Zealand Supreme Court
United Kingdom Supreme Court
- Villiers v Villiers [2020] UKSC 30
- Sutherland v Her Majesty’s Advocate (Scotland) [2020] UKSC 32
United States Supreme Court
- Chiafolo v Washington (No 19-465, 6 July 2020)
- Barr v American Association of Political Consultants, Inc. (No 19-631, 6 July 2020)
- Colorado Department of State v Baca (No 19-518, 6 July 2020)
- Trump v Vance (No 19-635, 9 July 2020)
- Trump v Mazars USA, LLP (No 19-715, 9 July 2020)
