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Administrative law

YWK v YVN

The Appeal Panel held Tribunal 2 had commenced consideration of the enduring power of attorney application, so Tribunal 3 was not properly constituted and its decision was invalid.

  • Jurisdictional error
  • Constitution of tribunal
  • Reconstitution of tribunal
  • Meaning of 'consideration of a matter by the tribunal has commenced'
  • Procedural fairness
  • Administrative-law
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Statutory interpretation

Casella v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force

The Court allowed an appeal over whether a conviction for concealing a serious indictable offence is an offence involving dishonesty under the firearms regime.

  • Meaning of offence involving dishonesty
  • Conviction-based disqualification from firearms licensing
  • Reviewability of firearms prohibition orders
  • Concealing serious indictable offence under s 316 crimes act 1900 (nsw)
  • Statutory-interpretation
  • Firearms-regulation
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Administrative law

Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network v FZP

The Court of Appeal held that “in the public interest” in the Health Privacy Principles qualifies research, not the use or disclosure of health information.

  • Construction of health privacy principles
  • Use and disclosure of health information
  • Public interest qualifier
  • Pseudonym/suppression orders
  • Intervention as amicus curiae
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Tort law

Hunt Leather Pty Ltd v Transport for NSWHunt Leather Pty Ltd v Transport for NSWCitation:[2025] HCA 53Before:Gageler CJ, Gordon, Edelman, Jagot, Beech-Jones JJDate:17 Dec 2025Case Number:S20/2025, S21/2025Read more

The High Court held that Transport for NSW was liable in private nuisance for Sydney Light Rail construction impacts and that reasonable litigation funding costs were recoverable.

  • Private nuisance
  • Statutory authority
  • Damages assessment
  • Litigation funding costs
  • Private-nuisance
  • Statutory-authority
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Administrative law

Badari v Minister for Territory Families and Urban HousingCitation:[2025] HCA 47Before:Gageler CJ, Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson JJDate:03 Dec 2025Case Number:D7/2025Read more

The High Court held that the Minister owed procedural fairness before making rent determinations under the Housing Act (NT), including notice and an opportunity to be heard.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Ministerial powers
  • Tenancy agreements
  • Judicial review
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Administrative law

Blooms the Chemist Management Services Ltd v Pharmacy Council of NSW

Blooms sought declaratory relief over pharmacy registration arrangements, but the Court found it had not shown the absence of a financial interest and refused relief.

  • Supreme court supervisory jurisdiction
  • Declaratory relief
  • Financial interest in pharmacy business
  • Ncat review
  • Construction of contracts
  • Administrative-law
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Statutory interpretation

Palmanova Pty Ltd v Commonwealth of AustraliaCitation:[2025] HCA 35Before:Gageler CJ, Gordon, Edelman, Jagot, Beech-Jones JJDate:03 Sep 2025Case Number:S147/2024Read more

The High Court held that s 14(1) of the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 (Cth) can apply to a protected object unlawfully exported before the Act commenced.

  • Temporal operation of statutes
  • Forfeiture of cultural property
  • Unesco convention compliance
  • Statutory-interpretation
  • Cultural-heritage-law
  • Temporal-operation-of-statutes
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Election law

Laming v Electoral Commissioner of the Australian Electoral CommissionCitation:[2025] HCA 31Before:Gageler CJ, Gordon, Edelman, Gleeson, Jagot JJDate:13 Aug 2025Case Number:B75/2024Read more

The High Court held that a contravention of s 321D(5) occurs when electoral matter is made available for viewing on Facebook, not each time it is viewed.

  • Communication of electoral matter
  • Authorisation requirements
  • Digital political communication
  • Election-law
  • Statutory-interpretation
  • Digital-political-communication
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Statutory interpretation

Valuer-General Victoria v WSTI Properties 490 SKR Pty LtdCitation:[2025] HCA 23Before:Gageler CJ, Gordon, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot JJDate:11 Jun 2025Case Number:M96/2024Read more

The High Court held that whether work or materials are “improvements” under the Valuation of Land Act is assessed at the time of valuation, not when they were done or used.

  • Valuation of land
  • Heritage overlay
  • Site value
  • Improvements definition
  • Statutory-interpretation
  • Property-law
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Administrative law

Atwal v Insurance Australia Limited trading as NRMA Insurance

Atwal v Insurance Australia Limited trading as NRMA Insurance [2025] NSWSC 143

The Court dismissed a judicial review summons over a motor accident claim, holding that a dispute about the impairment threshold required medical assessment before non-economic loss could be awarded.

  • Whole person impairment
  • Motor accident damages
  • Medical assessment threshold
  • Non-economic loss
  • Statutory construction
  • Motor-accident-injuries-act
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