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Recent Victorian Reports (VR)

By Editor-in-Chief on 10 December 2019 • ( 0 )
The latest from the team Victorian Reports – Recently published (as at December 2019) Topics: Administrative law (4) Arbitration (1) Associations and clubs (1) Banks and banking (1) Building contracts (2) Carriers and carriage of goods (1) Companies (3) Costs (4) Courts (1) Criminal law (4) Equity (2) Evidence (2) Human rights (1)… Read More ›
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Legal Citation management in JADE

By Editor-in-Chief on 4 June 2019 • ( 3 )

Introducing the JADE Kitten™ In the last decade, the legal research team has grown at JADE. We’ve been putting the finishing touches on our new legal research range finder. As our astute readers know, we only use quality analogue computing… Read More ›

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JADE Cases of Interest 03

By Editor-in-Chief on 14 December 2018 • ( 0 )
JADE Australia cases of Interest for Legal Professionals Administrative law DYK16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCAFC 222 Migration law – discretion to seek further evidence – legal unreasonableness Federal Court of Australia. Full Court. Collier, Middleton… Read More ›
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JADE Cases of Interest 02

By Editor-in-Chief on 30 November 2018 • ( 0 )
Contract law Fu Tian Fortune Pty Ltd v Park Cho Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 282 Contracts – formation of contract – requirements for effective novation Supreme Court of New South Wales. Court of Appeal. Barrett AJA, Macfarlan and Gleeson JJA…. Read More ›
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JADE Cases of Interest 01

By Editor-in-Chief on 23 November 2018 • ( 0 )
JADE Australasian cases of Interest for Legal Professionals Welcome to our first instalment of Australasian cases of interest for legal professionals. These eclectic decisions have been selected by our editorial team because we think that they contain interesting or important… Read More ›
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Victorian Reports (Volumes 50, 51, 52)

By Editor-in-Chief on 28 June 2018 • ( 0 )
Here’s our table of contents for the Victorian Reports, with Links to the Cases: Accident compensation Richter v Driscoll (2016) 51 VR 95 Ashley, Osborn and Kaye JJA – 17 Jun 2016 – 42 pages Accident compensation – ‘No… Read More ›
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Happy New Law Term!

By on 5 February 2018 • ( 0 )
“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” – Tancredi in The Leopard, by Giuseppe Tomasi de Lampedusa As is tradition in the legal profession, the opening of Law Term is marked with black tie dinners… Read More ›
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2017 – The Year in Review

By on 21 December 2017 • ( 0 )
What a year it has been! The team at JADE and Little William Bourke (the publisher of the Victorian Reports) have welcomed new friends, said goodbye to old ones; collectively flown tens of thousands of kilometres to teach, learn and explore… Read More ›
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Launch of the New South Wales Law Reports online portal

By on 21 December 2017 • ( 0 )
Under the BarNet banner, we were very privileged to work with the Council of Law Reporting of New South Wales to build their online portal for the New South Wales Law Reports. In the same mould as the Victorian Reports,… Read More ›
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End of year book offer: Whiteley on Trial by Gabriella Coslovich

By on 21 December 2017 • ( 0 )
We are offering a complimentary copy of Whiteley on Trial by Gabriella Coslovich to new and renewing annual JADE Professional subscribers. To take advantage of this offer, simply visit https://jade.io/WOT by 24 December. “This gripping book by arts journalist Gabriella Coslovich has more twists and… Read More ›
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Commissioner of Taxation v Merchant [2026] HCA 39 (04 November 2026) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 3 November 2026
Catchwords: Income tax (Cth) – Scheme to reduce tax – Tax benefit in connection with scheme – Dividend stripping – Where related entities – Where trustee of discretionary trust sold shares in Billabong International Ltd ("Billabong") to related self-managed superannuation fund resulting in capital loss – Where trustee of discretionary trust owned shares in Plantic […]
O'Connell v Director of Public Prosecutions [2026] HCA 41 (04 November 2026) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 3 November 2026
Catchwords: Criminal practice – Appeal – Unreasonable verdict – Circumstantial case – Where victim dislodged from outside of moving vehicle – Where Court of Appeal set aside verdict of guilty of murder and substituted verdict of guilty of manslaughter – Whether determination of unreasonable verdict on hypothesis raised by Court of Appeal inconsistent with adversarial […]
Uber Australia Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2026] HCA 40 (04 November 2026) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Steward, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 3 November 2026
Catchwords: Payroll tax – Relevant contracts – Taxable wages – Where Uber operated rideshare system – Where Uber and drivers entered into contracts ("Driver Contracts") – Where rider and driver entered into separate contract – Where drivers supplied driving services – Where contract between driver and rider made through Uber applications – Where Uber remitted […]
Morton v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] HCA 38 (14 October 2026) (Gageler CJ; Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 13 October 2026
Catchwords: Immigration – Visas – Where delegate refused application for Return (Residence) (Class BB) visa – Where ministerial direction required consideration of protection of Australian community and extent of impediments applicant may face if removed – Whether delegate failed to consider information concerning access to medication, therapy and supports in Singapore – Whether delegate failed […]
Smith v Chief Executive, Queensland Corrective Services [2026] HCA 37 (14 October 2026) (Gordon A-Cj, Edelman, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 13 October 2026
Catchwords: Administrative law – Judicial review – Prohibition on applying to participate in or participating in "assisted reproductive technology" – Corrective Services Act 2006 (Qld) – Where appellant prisoner in corrective services facility – Where appellant likely to experience material reduction in fertility prior to release – Where appellant applied to first respondent for approval […]
MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd v Denman Aberdeen Muswellbrook Scone Healthy Environment Group Inc [2026] HCA 35 (07 October 2026) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Edelman, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 6 October 2026
Catchwords: Administrative law – Judicial review – Where appellant sought development consent for project to extend and expand coal mine – Where Independent Planning Commission of New South Wales ("Commission") granted development consent – Where Scope 3 emissions constituted 98 per cent of project's total greenhouse gas emissions – Where no conditions to minimise Scope […]
The King v Bechaud [2026] HCA 36 (07 October 2026) (Gageler CJ; Gordon, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 6 October 2026
Catchwords: Criminal practice – Jury trial – Separation of jury after retirement and before verdict given or jury discharged – Juries Act 2000 (Vic) – Where jurors took separation oath on first day of trial – Where trial judge twice permitted jury to separate after retirement and before verdict or discharge – Where jury not […]
Dale Haines by his litigation guardian Barbara Ramjan v Attorney General of NSW [2026] HCA 34 (09 September 2026) (Edelman, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ) 9 September 2026
Catchwords: Mental health – Forensic patient – Extension of status as forensic patient – Where making of extension order subject to Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (NSW), s 122(1) – Where s 122(1) requires satisfaction both that forensic patient poses unacceptable risk and that the risk cannot be adequately managed by […]
EGH19 v Minister for Immigration & Citizenship [2026] HCA 33 (09 September 2026) (Gordon, Steward and Gleeson JJ) 9 September 2026
Catchwords: Administrative law – Judicial review − Where plaintiff's Protection (Class XA) (Subclass 866) visa cancelled on character grounds ("Cancellation Decision") − Where plaintiff made representations to Minister seeking revocation of Cancellation Decision referring to material already held by Department − Where no real prospect of plaintiff being removed from Australia in reasonably foreseeable future […]