The question of what a judge has to do in order to be sued was at the heart of a High Court hearing that pondered a $300,000 payout against a judge for wrongly jailing a family law litigant.

Tutton, Jordan Mack, Kathy and Roach Anleu, Sharyn 2018. Judicial Demeanor: Oral Argument in the High Court of Australia. Justice System Journal, Vol. 39, Issue. 3, p. 273. The High Court, the ...

The case, heard before the High Court of Australia on Wednesday, involved a stateless Rohingya man - known by the pseudonym NZYQ - who faced the prospect of lifelong detention because no country ...

“This decision puts Australia at odds with other common law jurisdictions like the UK and Canada who have developed the principle of vicarious liability to meet the scourge of child abuse,” he said.

In a decision handed down late last week, the High Court of Australia overturned a Supreme Court of Victoria finding that the Catholic Church was vicariously liable for Father Bryan Coffey’s abuse of ...

In a landmark decision on Wednesday, the High Court of Australia set aside the judgment in DP’s favour, finding vicarious liability was “confined to employment relationships”. “The priest ...