Every case discussed on The Petal podcast network from BarNet OpenLaw, with its JADE link and the episode it was covered in. See also the episode guide. Regenerated from the production case index.

534 cases across 96 episodes, as at 1 September 2026.

High Court of Australia · Federal Courts · New South Wales · NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal · Victoria · Queensland · Western Australia · South Australia · Tasmania · Australian Capital Territory · Commonwealth Tribunals & Offices · New Zealand · United Kingdom & Privy Council · Other Authorities

High Court of Australia (4)

• Blair v Curran [1939] HCA 23 — Dixon J's necessary-and-fundamental formulation, the spine of the estoppel restatement · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• Jackson v Goldsmith [1950] HCA 22 — the Australian line canvassed alongside · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• AMEV-UDC Finance Ltd v Austin [1986] HCA 63 — among the authorities referred to in the Lila Lisbon · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28 — text, context and purpose · 16/7/26 (unpublished), UKSC Edition · 31 August 2026

Federal Courts (120)

• Tax Practitioners Board v Auz Tax Pty Ltd [2026] FCA 751 — sanction versus termination · 18/6/26 (unpublished)
• Korat v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 755 — family violence and rehabilitation in detention · 17/6/26 (unpublished)
• ASIC v Bekier (Penalty Judgment) [2026] FCA 756 — executive penalties, parity, candour · 17/6/26 (unpublished)
• White Oak Commercial Finance Europe (Non-Levered) Ltd v Insurance Australia Ltd [2026] FCA 769 — without-prejudice privilege · 17/6/26 (unpublished)
• Russell v S3@Raw Pty Ltd (No 4) [2026] FCA 771 — you cannot transfer to pick your judge · 18/6/26 (unpublished)
• Le v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 774 — emptying a mandatory consideration of weight · 18/6/26 (unpublished)
• Australian Agricultural Opportunities Limited v Agripower Australia Limited (subject to deed of company arrangement) [2026] FCA 777 — terminating a deed of company arrangement · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• FDB20 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 786 — procedural fairness, onus and legal unreasonableness · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• Republic of Peru (Peruvian State) v Registrar of Trade Marks [2026] FCA 791 — a geographical certification mark · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• Auerbach v Seven Network (Operations) Ltd [2026] FCA 799 — contempt, restraining counsel, and the judge as witness · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• Wachipa v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 806 — visa cancellation, an out-of-date file, and legal unreasonableness · 25/6/26 (unpublished)
• Environment Centre (NT) Inc v Minister for the Environment and Water [2026] FCA 811 — the timing of a challenge to a decision · 25/6/26 (unpublished)
• Barden (Trustee), in the matter of Ross (Bankrupt) v Macedo (No 4) [2026] FCA 818 — freezing orders and the duty of candour · 25/6/26 (unpublished)
• Little Monster Productions Pty Ltd v Screen Australia [2026] FCA 902 — the ART's appeal architecture · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Huynh v Secretary, Department of Social Services [2026] FCA 906 — the question of law survives the rebrand · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Larkspur Tribeca Ltd v iSignthis Ltd [2026] FCA 908 — promises as property · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Natch v Stennson Pty Ltd (Leave to Appeal) (Décor test; r 39.05 fraud on Briginshaw standard; indemnity costs for repeat applications) [2026] FCA 910 · 16/7/26
• Marsden, in the matter of Empire Consortium Group Pty Ltd (in liq) v Nationwide Plant Hire Pty Ltd [2026] FCA 911 — the books beat the liquidators · 16/7/26
• The Pops Group Pty Ltd as trustee for the Pool Shops Trust v Pro Pool Services Pty Ltd (No 2) [2026] FCA 912 — two words, reversed, $60,000 · 16/7/26
• Patrick v Director-General of the Australian Submarine Agency [2026] FCA 914 — capping costs in advance · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Olsen, in the matter of Babyskin Laser & Cosmetic Clinic Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) (No 2) [2026] FCA 917 — the quiet related-party sale · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• BKT17 v Minister (SZBEL [2026] FCA 918 — an implicit collusion finding must be put to the parties) — · 16/7/26
• Grofski v Peabody Energy Australia PCI Mine Management (Leave to Appeal) [2026] FCA 921 · 16/7/26
• Alford v AMP Superannuation Limited (No 3) [2026] FCA 923 — s 33V settlement approval: recoverability risk material to fairness; practical distribution schemes without individual review; late disclosure of a budget increase is a significant change voiding the costs agreement in futuro — fair and reasonable costs only, uplift gone; costs proportionality tested prospectively · 23/7/26
• Delpachitra v Minister [2026] FCA 925 · 16/7/26
• Wanambi for himself and on behalf of the Marraŋu People of East Arnhem Land v Wanambi (No 2) (O'Bryan J [2026] FCA 926 — costs of a dispute within a claim group over a determination area) — · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Pandey v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 927 — adjournments need evidence · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Mwambwa v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 931 — finely balanced, still refused · 16/7/26
• Bano Pty Ltd v Australian Settlements Limited [2026] FCA 932 — no injunction against a genuine AML judgment · 16/7/26
• Puru v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 937 — tribunal reasons assembled from another case's template: copying reaching the evaluative core is a failure of independent merits review; Direction 110 considerations get independent weight; children considered child by child · 22/7/26
• DC Rd DC Pty Ltd v Zhang (Costs) (apportionment 15/15/70, lump sums, expert costs, late joinder) [2026] FCA 938 · 16/7/26
• Miller v Attorney-General (Cth) [2026] FCA 943 — departmental summary suffices unless materially deficient; obvious-inquiry and unreasonableness thresholds restated · 22/7/26
• DP World (Fremantle) Ltd v CFMMEU [2026] FCA 944 — 'automation' means processes without human intervention; remote control with continuous human operation is not automation; four-proposition framework for technology clauses; declaratory relief tailored narrowly · 22/7/26
• Tax Practitioners Board v Buckland (Default Judgment) [2026] FCA 950 — default judgment requirements; declarations without practical utility declined · 22/7/26
• LK Law Pty Ltd v Karas (No 8) [2026] FCA 952 — split costs orders on a change of position; costs follow substantial success in stay applications; logical-connection test for apprehended bias · 23/7/26
• Preston, in the matter of the Forum Group (No 2) [2026] FCA 953 — receivers' remuneration: 11-factor reasonableness, proportionality, future caps · 22/7/26
• ASIC v Falcon Capital Limited (in liq) (No 3) [2026] FCA 954 — s 477(2A) approval framework for settlement deeds (cited unlinked) · 22/7/26
• Mullaney v Qube Ports Pty Ltd [2026] FCA 955 — noted for the record · 22/7/26
• ASIC v Noumi Limited (No 7) [2026] FCA 958 — s 180(1) follows responsibilities actually assumed; duty to correct material errors in published financials endures to the next reporting period; s 344(1) is temporal; s 674(2A) accessory case failed for want of actual knowledge · 22/7/26
• QHXW v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 960 — aliens power: within the Pochi limit Parliament sets the criteria; Australian parentage does not preclude alien status; no holistic ties audit · 22/7/26
• DIR22 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2026] FCA 961 — unarticulated protection claims: the raised-squarely test applied · 22/7/26
• Martin v GLF Martin (Services) Pty Limited [2026] FCA 963 — amendment where new claims arise from substantially the same facts; joinder of affected shareholders · 22/7/26
• Dynamic Insurance Services Pty Ltd v Steadfast Group Limited [2026] FCA 964 — seven-factor test for corporate representation by a director · 22/7/26
• Grigorovich v Morgan Environmental Pty Ltd [2026] FCA 966 — s 32AC transfer refused; six-factor checklist · 22/7/26
• Gall v Domino's Pizza Enterprises Limited (No 4) [2026] FCA 967 — the Fair Work Act is not an exclusive code: award-referable loss recoverable from a franchisor under ACL s 236; representations to franchisees about labour costs are in trade or commerce; passive indirect causation; reliance inferred from systems · 22/7/26
• Jackson v WS Remedial Group (NSW) Pty Ltd [2026] FCA 968 — one-day delay excused under the Brodie-Hanns factors · 22/7/26
• Grow Surge Pty Ltd (in liq) v Videriva Pty Ltd (in liq) [2026] FCA 974 — proof of debt review is a hearing de novo; inference of liability need only be more probable than the alternatives · 22/7/26
• Qube Ports Pty Ltd v CFMMEU [2026] FCA 978 — enterprise agreements construed purposively; silence on transitioning employees does not defeat accrued entitlements; implied reasonable adjustments reconcile remuneration structures; appellants must show operative error vitiating the relief · 23/7/26
• Stelamar LLC v Soar.Earth Limited (subject to DOCA) [2026] FCA 981 — the costs of a security for costs application belong in the quantum; 70% solicitors / 100% counsel benchmarks; cogent basis required; deed administrators as contradictors · 23/7/26
• Universal City Studios Productions LLLP v Telstra Limited (No 2) [2026] FCA 983 — the customary three-year site-blocking term is not a principled limit — five-year orders granted on evidence of continuing infringement; a “New Release” regime enables urgent short-notice blocking during a defined content window; threatened infringement inferred from promotion of an impending release · 27/7/26
• Sandilands v Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation Pty Ltd [2026] FCA 986 — the Hearne v Street implied undertaking turns on compulsion: affidavits filed under compulsion are protected, voluntary filings under timetabling orders may not be, and settlement timing can decide which; guidance on costs in discontinued proceedings · 27/7/26
• Australian Strategic Materials Ltd (No 2) [2026] FCA 988 — scheme meetings postponed for supplementary disclosure; dispatch errors cured as inadvertent irregularities under s 1322 · 28/7/26
• ASIC v Latitude Finance Australia (No 4) [2026] FCA 989 — $35m (Harvey Norman) and $20m (Latitude) penalties for interest-free promotions that did not disclose the linked credit card and fees; a theoretical maximum in the trillions is meaningless as a yardstick — deterrence, harm, management involvement and contrition set the figure; injunctions refused, website adverse publicity ordered · 28/7/26
• RST v Anti-Discrimination Commissioner (NT) [2026] FCA 990 — the s 65(2) discretion to accept out-of-time complaints is confined only by subject matter, scope and purpose; analogous statutory factors may be adopted; provisionally considering conduct “if proved” is not prejudgment; suppression orders preserved anonymity · 28/7/26
• Bovell v State of Western Australia [2026] FCA 991 — broad discovery of inventor documents is not the default; applicants must show significant probative value on specific validity issues; briefing experts on inventor papers risks hindsight reasoning · 28/7/26
• Zhejiang Lishui Mengxiang Education Development Co Ltd v Pan [2026] FCA 992 — foreign arbitral award enforced via a two-stage process with authentication, certification, multi-method service into China (text, email, physical) and payment-date currency conversion · 28/7/26
• Lucky v Ives [2026] FCA 995 — review of a Registrar’s sequestration order proceeds de novo; opposition on a bare-assertion counterclaim fails without admissible evidence · 28/7/26
• Afzal v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 998 — evidence of a mental health condition is not evidence of unfitness to participate; represented parties are bound by tactical decisions · 28/7/26
• Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd v ACCC [2026] FCA 1000 — an affidavit performing the function of a pleading is a “similar document” open to non-party inspection without leave; discretionary access granted before reading in open court; confidentiality objections need specific evidence · 28/7/26
• Scott, in the matter of Axify Pty Ltd [2026] FCA 1005 — s 444GA leave to transfer non-consenting members’ shares where they have nil residual value and liquidation is the only alternative · 28/7/26
• Yasmin v Commonwealth of Australia (No 4) [2026] FCA 1007 — interlocutory orders · 28/7/26
• Lim v Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs, and Multicultural Affairs [2026] FCA 1179 — national interest cancellation under the personal power upheld · 21/8/26
• Nawaz v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 1182 — no adjournment to await non-compellable ministerial intervention · 21/8/26
• Blade v Jones Lang LaSalle (NSW) Pty Ltd [2026] FCA 1183 — a pre-certificate general protections application is a nullity; representative error can still explain an extension; asserting communications does not waive privilege · 21/8/26
• Li v Australian Information Commissioner [2026] FCA 1184 — a substituted decision granting the relief ends standing; futility defeats an extension · 21/8/26
• BXY20 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 1187 — Teoh survives: failing to actually ask what outcome serves affected children's best interests is jurisdictional error · 21/8/26
• Boyd v State of New South Wales (Department of Education) [2026] FCA 1190 — incapacity settlement approval on the court's independent view; confidentiality proactively ordered · 21/8/26
• Obeid v Commissioner of Taxation (No 2) [2026] FCA 1192 — repeated timetable non-compliance ends the proceeding; inability needs objective proof · 21/8/26
• Garnsey v Minter Ellison Services Pty Limited [2026] FCA 1193 — the template for vulnerable-witness applications · 24/8/26
• Planet Innovation Holdings Ltd, in the matter of Planet Innovation Holdings Ltd [2026] FCA 1194 — convening practice: classes, conditional funding, and a not fair but reasonable expert opinion · 21/8/26
• True EV Distribution Pty Ltd v Shenzhen Xiaopeng Motors Supply Chain Management Co Ltd (No 4) [2026] FCA 1200 — self-executing orders yield only to a genuine material change of circumstances · 21/8/26
• North Limited v Zentree Limited (Costs) [2026] FCA 1202 — settles the meaning of the costs shield and maps protected conduct · 24/8/26
• BGZX v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 1207 — bar-table concessions are concrete · 26/8/26
• Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha v OZI4x4 Pty Ltd (No 3) [2026] FCA 1215 — drop-shipped goods are not trade mark use by the local retailer; holding stock is; adverse inferences fill poor records · 28/8/26
• Kumiai v Kenso [2026] FCA 1219 — the patentee's boast opened the best-method door · 26/8/26
• Hurst v Prasad (No 5) [2026] FCA 1221 — search-order custody defeats the subpoena as an instrument · 25/8/26
• EIS18 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 1225 — information under s 424A means evidentiary material, not the Tribunal's doubts or appraisals · 28/8/26
• DQZ19 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 1226 — a worked method for testing whether the Tribunal engaged with DFAT country information · 28/8/26
• BCD22 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 1227 — judicial review · 28/8/26
• Farcas v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 1228 — extension granted despite delay; a positive finding with no evidentiary foundation is jurisdictional error · 28/8/26
• Fair Work Ombudsman v Woolworths Group Limited (Remaining Issues) [2026] FCA 1229 — one hour, several penalties: paying the highest applicable rate generally discharges the award obligation · 28/8/26
• Woodman Beenleigh v Bunnings (NACO) [2026] FCA 1231 — the access-to-justice shield has its construction · 27/8/26
• Timor Sea Oil & Gas Australia Pty Ltd (in liq) v Commonwealth (No 2) [2026] FCA 1236 — retrospective s 477(2B) approval may be sought by the assignee; directions cannot displace secured creditors · 28/8/26
• Zhao v LMIZ8 Investments Holdings Pty Ltd (in liq) [2026] FCA 1238 — preliminary discovery needs a reasonable belief, not a solicitor's assertion; no fishing for capacity to pay · 28/8/26
• Discover Nursing Australia Pty Ltd v National Disability Insurance Agency [2026] FCA 1240 — no certiorari against preliminary agency processes; for delay, seek mandamus · 28/8/26
• NDIS Commissioner v Peters (Penalty) [2026] FCA 1241 — the enforcement template · 27/8/26
• Kim v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 1243 — visa cancellation review · 28/8/26
• Cwalina v State of Victoria [2026] FCA 1249 — summary dismissal · 28/8/26
• Al-Dmour v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 1251 — visa refusal review · 28/8/26
• Pokharel v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2026] FCA 1253 — judicial review · 28/8/26
• Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Borger Crane Hire & Rigging Services Pty Ltd (leave to continue proceedings) [2026] FCA 1256 — leave to continue against a company in liquidation · 28/8/26
• Scidera v MLA (No 4) [2026] FCA 1257 — leave with a leash · 27/8/26
• EMD20 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 1258 — judicial review · 28/8/26
• Thomas v Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (No 2) [2026] FCA 1261 — representative authority does not automatically extend to releases for non-parties; draft the s 33V/33ZB/33ZF suite together · 28/8/26
• Telix Pharmaceuticals (Innovations) Pty Ltd v Purdue Research Foundation [2026] FCA 1262 — costs in a patent dispute · 28/8/26
• Layton on behalf of the Dhudhuroa, Waywurru and Ngurai Illum People v State of Victoria (leave to discontinue) [2026] FCA 1263 — native title discontinuance · 28/8/26
• Rogers v McDonald's Australia Ltd (AI-use) [2026] FCA 1264 — the first detailed AI-in-litigation protocol: confer with technology experts; traceable sources, testable outputs, protected privilege, human supervision · 28/8/26
• Byrne v BT Personnel Pty Ltd [2026] FCA 1268 — pleadings · 28/8/26
• Otway, in the matter of Chris Evans Transport Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) [2026] FCA 1269 — voluntary administration extension · 28/8/26
• LKQD v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 1270 — Direction 110 comparative risk methodology; claimed supports must demonstrably reduce risk · 31/8/26
• Top Ryde Financial Services v Rams Financial Group (Trial Management) [2026] FCA 1271 — the simplifying-note framework for complex litigation · 31/8/26
• Dixon (Trustee) v Templer [2026] FCA 1272 — distributing without a statement of affairs under s 146 · 31/8/26
• Rodrigo Gomes Da Silva v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCA 1277 — a five-year-old assumption about the applicant's children was legally unreasonable; cancellation quashed · 31/8/26
• ASIC v Venture 5 Group Pty Ltd [2026] FCA 1278 — unfair contract terms in small amount credit contracts; proposing and relying now separate contraventions; replacement terms, injunction and adverse publicity · 31/8/26
• Campbell v McIntyre (No 2) [2026] FCA 1279 — ex parte full disclosure enforced; injunction discharged, 80% indemnity costs; forum challenge failed · 31/8/26
• DBKX v Minister for Immigration [2026] FCAFC 85 — when a tribunal must inquire · 18/6/26 (unpublished)
• Thurston v Fox Sports Australia Pty Limited [2026] FCAFC 89 — defamation, honest opinion, and the death of a plaintiff · 25/6/26 (unpublished)
• Elvin v Fair Work Ombudsman [2026] FCAFC 92 — cross-listed in this edition; treated in the same-day Federal Courts episode · 22/7/26, 22/7/26
• Hanson v Faruqi [2026] FCAFC 96 — Part IIA of the Racial Discrimination Act is valid under the external affairs power; s 18C burdens the implied freedom significantly but proportionately; the objective test is informed by expert contextual evidence; motivation is a causation inquiry reaching characteristics factually inextricable from race; s 18D requires rational connection and conscientious harm minimisation · 28/7/26
• Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v GNHW [2026] FCAFC 107 — the integer-of-the-claim discipline for character cases · 25/8/26
• Manu v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2026] FCAFC 108 — the fairness clock stops at decision · 24/8/26
• Independent Commission Against Corruption v Waterhouse (Recusal) [2026] FCAFC 109 — actual and apprehended bias discipline; the multi member bench procedure for recusal applications · 28/8/26, 28/8/26
• Independent Commission Against Corruption v Waterhouse (Removal of Filed Document) [2026] FCAFC 110 — removing a document from the file is administrative; case allocation is the Chief Justice's alone; misconceived interlocutory applications are an abuse · 28/8/26, 28/8/26
• Nunez v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2026] FCAFC 111 — HZCP applied: facts of a non-jurisdictional conviction are challengeable; the heavy onus eases after a guilty plea · 28/8/26, 28/8/26
• EMH IV Pty Ltd as trustee for the EMH IV Family Trust v Commissioner of Taxation [2026] FCAFC 112 — trust taxation appeal, decided for the Commissioner · 28/8/26, 28/8/26
• Gruber & Duhon [2026] FedCFamC1A 120 — the s 44(3) time limit does not apply to foreign divorces · 13/7/26 (unpublished)
• Tiang & Pen [2026] FedCFamC1A 121 — parenting contributions and the plainly unjust result · 13/7/26 (unpublished)
• Suss & Kunkle [2026] FedCFamC1A 127 — adjournment refusals are generally not appellable alone; the s 102NA cross-examination bar does not justify an adjournment where lack of representation flows from the party’s own delay; late-disclosed documents need a compelling explanation; abandoned grounds cannot be revived without notice; parenting courts are not bound by the parties’ concessions · 27/7/26
• Porthos & Porthos [2026] FedCFamC1A 143 — particularisation discipline in quasi-criminal enforcement · 24/8/26
• Vaughan (No 4) [2026] FedCFamC1A 144 — appeals wait for reasons · 24/8/26

New South Wales (119)

• Parkview Constructions Pty Ltd v Total Lifestyle Windows Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 194 — Conveyor & General Engineering Pty Ltd v Basetec Services Pty Ltd [2014] QSC 30; [2015] 1 Qd R 265 (no JADE article; cited in full for listeners), with McCarthy v TKM Builders Pty Ltd (2020) 5 QR 722: https://jade.io/article/768949 and Parkview Constructions Pty Ltd v Total Lifestyle Windows Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 194 · deepdive-2026-07-15 (unpublished)
• He v N & G Superannuation Pty Ltd acting as trustee for N & G Superannuation Trust [2025] NSWCA 279 — amendment of notice of appeal · 27/8/26
• Hudson v Colliers International (NSW) Pty Ltd [2026] NSWCA 88 — the earlier appeal whose orders this judgment settles · deepdive-2026-07-08 (unpublished)
• Randwick City Council v Wunderwald [2026] NSWCA 116 — proving a negligence claim and a future-loss buffer · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• Viva Energy Australia Pty Ltd v Bibby [2026] NSWCA 118 — a commercial landlord's duty and causation · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• Keybridge Capital Ltd v Bolton (No 2) [2026] NSWCA 119 — when a company may fund a director's legal costs · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• Hunt Leather Pty Ltd v Transport for NSW [2026] NSWCA 129 — costs by impression in the light rail class action · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Rose v A-Civil Aust Pty Ltd [2026] NSWCA 130 — who was the borrower · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Tsakirios v State of New South Wales [2026] NSWCA 132 — misfeasance renovated, malice still the moat · 16/7/26
• Reward Interiors Pty Ltd t/s Reward Group v Tackelly No 8 Pty Ltd atf Tackelly No 8 Trust [2026] NSWCA 133 — the link is not the document · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Zey v State of New South Wales (extension granted, leave refused: medical certificates and incapacity, stays of part-heard hearings, gross sum costs, accommodating self-represented litigants) [2026] NSWCA 134 · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Golden Rain Development Pty Ltd (ACN 166 672 537) v The Owners – Strata Plan No 97938 [2026] NSWCA 135 — Strata Plan No 97938 — a freeze cannot stop real debts · 16/7/26
• Etherington v North Sydney Council [2026] NSWCA 137 — the s 4.55(2) modification power carries decisional freedom; a whole application may be rejected though elements are acceptable; seek partial approval expressly; remitter terms cannot constrain a discretionary merits outcome · 22/7/26
• Hika Tarawa Te-Kowhai v Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty [2026] NSWCA 138 — a statutory body may act through a duly authorised officer without formal delegation; the judicial review applicant bears the onus of proving non-compliance; the presumption of regularity fills evidentiary gaps · 22/7/26
• Kedwell v Clarence Colliery Pty Limited [2026] NSWCA 139 — failing to determine a pleaded disease-aggravation limb is an error of law; a judge's independent causation theory must be put to the parties; remittal where facts are untested · 22/7/26
• Hamzy v Commissioner of Corrective Services [2026] NSWCA 140 — Chapter III confers no unfettered right to a lawyer of choice; visitor security screening for extreme high risk inmates valid; the implied freedom of political communication restrains legislative power rather than conferring personal rights; legal unreasonableness requires the absence of an evident and intelligible justification · 22/7/26
• Westwood Capital Pty Ltd v Darin (liquidator of Portman Securities Pty Ltd) [2026] NSWCA 141 — the s 588FG(2) defence requires every element; suspicion means positive apprehension judged without hindsight; rejected evidence of inquiries leaves an evidentiary void; the guarantee claim fails with the avoided transaction · 22/7/26
• Keybridge Capital Ltd v Bolton (No 3) [2026] NSWCA 142 — costs follow the event; an incidental unsuccessful contention at no significant added cost does not displace the general rule · 22/7/26
• KLH v Northern NSW Local Health District (No 2) [2026] NSWCA 143 — a stay pending special leave requires exceptional circumstances; futility is significant but not determinative against the balance of convenience · 22/7/26
• Luo v Health Care Complaints Commission [2026] NSWCA 145 — leave to appeal refused · 27/7/26
• Kim v JM World AU Pty Ltd (in liq); Bak v JM World AU Pty Ltd (in liq) [2026] NSWCA 146 — s 127 non-compliance does not invalidate a contract — authority implied from an inactive co-director’s acquiescence; by majority, an inactive director’s ongoing failure can satisfy s 1317H causation where it enables the active director’s wrongdoing (Leeming JA dissenting on the counterfactual); equitable charge imposed over personal property benefited by company-funded improvements; compound interest on equitable compensation · 28/7/26
• Seek Justice Pty Ltd v USM Events Pty Ltd [2026] NSWCA 148 — deregistration of a company mid-litigation and its consequences · 27/7/26
• Clifffall Pty Ltd v Wollongong City Council (No 2) [2026] NSWCA 149 — the s 6(1) Roads Act right of access is coextensive with the common law private right — the ability to cross the boundary; road-reserve impediments engage public nuisance instead; no absolute right to vehicular access · 28/7/26
• Kearney v Amirbeaggi (No 2) [2026] NSWCA 150 — a party abandoning a motion ordinarily pays; the merits of the abandoned application may be considered; a tutor acting without a solicitor would be unprecedented; costs immunisation inappropriate in private litigation · 28/7/26
• Sanjiv v Shah [2026] NSWCA 151 — interlocutory application concerning service · 27/7/26
• Mohareb v Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (No 3) [2026] NSWCA 167 — a second set-aside application as abuse of process; own-motion vexatious referral · 21/8/26, 21/8/26
• Health Care Complaints Commission v Kirby [2026] NSWCA 168 — a health practitioner member must practise; invalid constitution is jurisdictional error; consent confers nothing · 21/8/26, 21/8/26
• Etherington v North Sydney Council (No 2) [2026] NSWCA 169 — late-amendment success does not displace costs following the event · 21/8/26
• Hu v Green Estate Australia Pty Ltd [2026] NSWCA 170 — adjournment to brief replacement counsel; tendering improperly obtained evidence is not unethical; conflicts are not cured by dropping the tender · 21/8/26, 21/8/26
• Bolton v WAM Active Ltd (No 3) [2026] NSWCA 171 — release of security: prove the liability will inevitably exceed the fund · 21/8/26, 21/8/26
• Watson v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2026] NSWCA 172 — the access-restriction middle path when related proceedings collide · 25/8/26, 25/8/26
• Bo v Costi Cohen Pty Ltd [2026] NSWCA 173 — quantum meruit survives a void remuneration clause; the struck-down percentage remains evidence of fair value · 27/8/26
• State of New South Wales v Benshabir [2026] NSWCA 174 — amendment-first construction, with a model dissent · 27/8/26, 27/8/26
• Reece Australia Pty Ltd v Alamdo Holdings Pty Ltd [2026] NSWCA 175 — you cannot terminate through a door your own default closed · 27/8/26, 27/8/26
• Malouf v Mavrakis t/as Mavrakis & Associates Lawyers (No 2) [2026] NSWCA 176 — costs assessment appeals demand a full rehearing; adopting the assessor's view is jurisdictional error · 28/8/26, 28/8/26
• Baker v Commissioner of Police [2026] NSWCCA 66 — is there a constitutional right to a jury · 25/6/26 (unpublished)
• KF v DPP (NSW) [2026] NSWCCA 79 — a non-conviction order that still triggers registration · 18/6/26 (unpublished)
• Maules Creek Coal v EPA [2026] NSWCCA 80 — competence and the criminal standard · 17/6/26 (unpublished)
• Walpole v R , AD v R , Simons (a pseudonym) v R [2026] NSWCCA 81 — sentencing: no rejecting evidence by surprise · 17/6/26 (unpublished)
• Douglas v R [2026] NSWCCA 85 — recent invention and unfair cross-examination · 18/6/26 (unpublished)
• Walker v The King [2026] NSWCCA 103 — indicative sentences, aggregate sentences, and manifest excess · 13/7/26 (unpublished)
• Cowan v The King [2026] NSWCCA 105 — Bugmy's formative years · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Smith v The King [2026] NSWCCA 106 — De Simoni and the arithmetic · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Shehade v The King [2026] NSWCCA 107 — youth is an analysis, not a mention · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Colak v R [2026] NSWCCA 108 — an unsigned s 16BA schedule vitiates sentence; no arraignment, conviction or separate punishment on schedule offences; remittal to correct the record and preserve appeal rights · 22/7/26
• Armstrong v R [2026] NSWCCA 112 — proof of a causal connection between disadvantaged background and offending is not required for mitigation of moral culpability; a prescriptive bright-line causation test is an error of principle · 27/7/26
• Alex v R [2026] NSWCCA 121 — juror internet research; the double might test for jury irregularity; no proviso for fundamental irregularity · 21/8/26, 21/8/26
• Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v TH; DPP (NSW) v MB; DPP (NSW) v Sharp [2026] NSWCCA 125 — the double might test applied to undisclosed ex parte communications; conceded error does not decide the appeal; non-disclosure aggravates · 21/8/26, 21/8/26
• NR v R [2026] NSWCCA 126 — judicial interventions measured by number, terms and tone; trial audio received · 21/8/26, 21/8/26
• Acopian v R [2026] NSWCCA 127 — pretext call admissions; the fairness discretion is reviewed on the correctness standard · 21/8/26, 21/8/26
• RS v Commissioner of Police (NSW) [2026] NSWCCA 128 — legitimate forensic purpose after prosecution disclosure; take the defence case as framed; the evidentiary mosaic · 31/8/26, 31/8/26
• Roberts Jones Badgerys Creek Pty Ltd v Transport for NSW [2026] NSWLEC 108 — just terms: the statutory disregard needs a direct causal connection; owner bears the onus; before-and-after methodology · 21/8/26
• Abhay Enterprises Pty Ltd t/as Tanwar Petroleum v Environment Protection Authority [2026] NSWLEC 109 — clean-up notice compliance upheld · 24/8/26
• Fairfield City Council v Lomo [2026] NSWLEC 110 — compliance orders enforced · 28/8/26
• Coneliano v Garcia [2026] NSWLEC 111 — costs after settlement: clear winner vs negotiated compromise; pre-litigation letters matter · 26/8/26
• Carmen Jackson v Alex Graham, Deputy Secretary, National Parks and Wildlife Service [2026] NSWLEC 112 — ex parte injunctions: any notice is better than none; an unlocatable authorisation is not proof of none · 25/8/26
• Dellimanolis v Canterbury Bankstown Council [2026] NSWLEC 1443 — external road characteristics are not an 'aspect of the development'; the access restriction is a jurisdictional precondition, not a development standard, and cl 4.6 cannot vary it · 22/7/26
• Mulroe v Central Coast Council [2026] NSWLEC 1444 — merits appeal decided on navigational safety grounds · 22/7/26
• Valuation appeals v Valuer General of New South Wales , 1533, 1534, 1535 [2026] NSWLEC 1532 — the valuation appeal cluster, decided together · 21/8/26
• Chih-Wen Yeh v Ku-ring-gai Council [2026] NSWLEC 1536 — development appeal · 21/8/26
• Elser v Woollahra Municipal Council [2026] NSWLEC 1538 — development appeal · 21/8/26
• Qi v Northern Beaches Council [2026] NSWLEC 1539 — development appeal · 21/8/26
• Wills v Valuer General [2026] NSWLEC 1540 — valuation appeal · 21/8/26
• Chau v Georges River Council [2026] NSWLEC 1544 — development appeal · 25/8/26
• Bell v Mason [2026] NSWLEC 1548 — the Trees Act field guide: thresholds, the near-future rule, the purchase-date principle, copyable orders · 26/8/26
• Schwartz Family Co Pty Ltd v Newcastle City Council [2026] NSWLEC 1550 — DA refused: the applicant onus, inconsistent documentation, unknown roots beat supervision conditions · 26/8/26
• Anuj Goel v North Sydney Council [2026] NSWLEC 1551 — planning appeal · 27/8/26
• Sealark Pty Ltd v Shoalhaven City Council [2026] NSWLEC 1552 — building dispute · 27/8/26
• Nagarajan v Penrith City Council [2026] NSWLEC 1553 — development appeal · 27/8/26
• 270 Devonshire Street Pty Ltd v The Council of the City of Sydney [2026] NSWLEC 1554 — variation claim · 27/8/26
• Scott v Ku-ring-gai Council [2026] NSWLEC 1556 — development application determined · 28/8/26
• Onisforou Highlands Property Pty Ltd v Wingecarribee Shire Council [2026] NSWLEC 1557 — residential amenity standards · 28/8/26
• MAAS Group Properties Miriam Pty Limited v Dubbo Regional Council [2026] NSWLEC 1560 — development consent resolved · 28/8/26
• Cooper View Developments v Woollahra Municipal Council [2026] NSWLEC 1562 — the affordable housing bonus, calculated to the square metre · 31/8/26
• McCourt v Mosman Municipal Council [2026] NSWLEC 1564 — joinder application · 31/8/26
• Macquarie Hospital Services Pty Ltd v CBHS Health Fund Limited [2026] NSWSC 727 — minimum benefits construction on ordinary principles; departmental notes carry no weight · 27/8/26
• Zou v Ji [2026] NSWSC 762 — deceit and misleading conduct decided on the WeChat record; passing on a false document turns on adoption · 31/8/26
• Blackbird First Mortgage Corporation Pty Ltd v Cam Engineering & Construction Pty Ltd [2026] NSWSC 876 — default interest doubling void as a penalty; disproportion shifts the evidentiary burden to the lender; an eight-item checklist of justifying evidence; severance leaves the standard rate running; a Dobbs certificate must conform to the contract's manner and form · 22/7/26
• Cerisewin Pty Ltd atf Mastercare Administrative Services Trust v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2026] NSWSC 877 — employment agency contracts; services procured 'in and for' the client's business; one group company can be the client of another; deemed wages include contractor margins and overheads · 22/7/26
• R v Lui (Sentence Judgment) [2026] NSWSC 965 — manslaughter sentencing consistent with the jury's verdict; eight strands of corroboration; doctrine only · 31/8/26
• State of New South Wales v Faasavalu (Preliminary) [2026] NSWSC 975 — interim supervision orders: the low preliminary threshold and the seven-point conditions checklist · 26/8/26
• AAI Ltd t/as GIO v Mohammed [2026] NSWSC 991 — judicial review of a medical dispute outcome dismissed · 25/8/26
• Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Bekas [2026] NSWSC 997 — the tax recovery template: certificates conclusive, collateral challenge futile, quantum disputes need evidence · 25/8/26
• Pace bht Childs v Pace [2026] NSWSC 998 — proceedings by tutor · 24/8/26
• R v Smith [2026] NSWSC 999 — Supreme Court criminal judgment (cited without commentary) · 21/8/26
• Douglas v Lin (No 2) [2026] NSWSC 1000 — statement of claim struck out · 21/8/26
• Chan v Choi [2026] NSWSC 1002 — equity dispute · 24/8/26
• R v Delaney [2026] NSWSC 1003 — the mental health impairment defence worked through: three steps, the substance-use carve-out, model consequential orders · 21/8/26
• In the matter of Ironbark Holdings Australia Pty Ltd [2026] NSWSC 1004 — provisional liquidators over the group: conduct-driven appointment; undertakings from the source of concern are no substitute · 21/8/26
• In the matter of Tahmoor Coal Pty Ltd (in liq) [2026] NSWSC 1006 — amendment of pleadings in liquidation · 24/8/26
• Deshwal v Setia [2026] NSWSC 1008 — separate determination refused: the full checklist and the articulation an applicant must offer · 24/8/26
• Nevin v Nevin-Large [2026] NSWSC 1009 — family provision: when to make findings on historic abuse; the gravity-calibrated standard; the statutory checklist worked in order · 24/8/26
• In the matter of Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd [2026] NSWSC 1010 — trustee company scheme progressed · 24/8/26
• Elazzi v Elazzi [2026] NSWSC 1011 — discovery and notices to produce, 87 classes and 64 paragraphs determined category by category · 24/8/26
• In the matter of WGA Group Holdings Pty Ltd [2026] NSWSC 1014 — schemes: three seller classes, differential and deferred consideration, SPV funding risk, and judicial concern over substantive warranties on dissenters · 24/8/26
• The Adoption of four children [2026] NSWSC 1015 — foster carer adoption: every statutory precondition worked through (children not named here) · 24/8/26
• Su v Zhao’s Brothers Investment Pty Ltd (No 2) [2026] NSWSC 1016 — subpoenas in summons-commenced proceedings; the two-stage process; inspection deferred pending a foreign restriction application · 25/8/26
• R v Graham [2026] NSWSC 1017 — mental health framework applied (doctrine only) · 26/8/26
• Adamson v Chalik (No. 2) [2026] NSWSC 1018 — gross sum indemnity costs after abuse of process; self-represented solicitors recover nothing for their time · 28/8/26
• Uyen-Kim Nguyen v James Michael Brown [2026] NSWSC 1019 — setting aside default judgment needs direct affidavit evidence, not a verified pleading; prolixity defeats bona fides · 25/8/26
• Ji v Gu (No 2) [2026] NSWSC 1020 — party/party costs · 26/8/26
• Sibley Investments Pty Ltd v Oldfields Advance Scaffold Pty Ltd [2026] NSWSC 1021 — shareholders agreement default buy-out: notices reproduced, ten-factor specific performance, the control premium, and the claw-back footnote · 26/8/26
• Wanninayake v NSW Ministry of Health [2026] NSWSC 1022 — civil claim against the Ministry · 26/8/26
• In the matter of Ironbark Holdings Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2026] NSWSC 1023 — adjournment in the provisional liquidation · 26/8/26
• State of New South Wales v Thomas (Final) [2026] NSWSC 1024 — HRO final hearing (doctrine only) · 27/8/26
• ABC by her tutor DEF v Irmak and Dagdanasar; ABC by her tutor DEF v Irmak (No 2) [2026] NSWSC 1025 — intentional torts proved civilly to the Briginshaw standard; apportionment worked tort by tort; pseudonyms preserved, doctrine only · 28/8/26
• Attorney General of New South Wales v JS [2026] NSWSC 1026 — interim extension orders: the two limb test through every s 127(2) factor · 28/8/26
• Hyper Star Market Pty Ltd v Mamacc Pty Ltd [2026] NSWSC 1027 — short-term closure did not justify lease termination · 27/8/26
• Re Green Estate Australia Pty Ltd [2026] NSWSC 1028 — judicial disqualification: the observer test, the four categories, and the duty to sit · 27/8/26
• Fardous v Australian Executor Trustees Ltd [2026] NSWSC 1029 — restoring capacity: the evidence package that persuades; costs from the estate · 28/8/26
• Page v Airag Aviation Services Pty Limited [2026] NSWSC 1030 — joining an insurer: the arguable case test; PTSD as bodily injury where experts opine physical change · 28/8/26
• In the matter of Novati Constructions Pty Ltd (subject to a deed of company arrangement) [2026] NSWSC 1031 — detinue, judicial advice, constructive trusts and which claims a DOCA binds; the specific performance tension mapped · 28/8/26
• TQM Design & Construct Pty Ltd v East End Stage 2 Pty Ltd [2026] NSWSC 1032 — instalment orders need real financial evidence; adjudication enforcement is not the place for s 32 claims · 28/8/26
• THN Capital Funding Pty Ltd v Leffler [2026] NSWSC 1033 — guarantee enforced: BP Refinery implied terms, conclusive evidence certificates, Jones v Dunkel · 28/8/26
• Fundit Limited in its capacity as trustee of the Banjo Small Business Loan Fund v Kocak [2026] NSWSC 1034 — default judgment · 28/8/26
• Guo v Yufeng Investment Group (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2026] NSWSC 1035 — account of profits: no tax gross-up; benefits reach retained proceeds; interest runs against the fiduciary · 28/8/26
• Doyle's Farm Produce v Murray-Darling Basin Authority [2026] NSWSC 1036 — no duty of care to individual irrigators; incongruity with the statutory framework; hindsight evidence excluded; the Cessnock inference confined · 31/8/26
• Jianping Qiu v Yuchen Chen (No 3) [2026] NSWSC 1037 — proportionate liability: culpability and causal potency; no apportionment between a company and its directing mind · 28/8/26
• R v Baziad (No 3) [2026] NSWSC 1038 — murder sentencing worked through the SNPP guideposts; body disposal as aggravation; doctrine only · 31/8/26

NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal (48)

• Boyd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2026] NSWCATAD 209 — land tax and the uninhabitable lot · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Askary v Oran Park Hotel Pty Ltd (s 96(1) leave on a declined race discrimination complaint [2026] NSWCATAD 210 — the fair-and-just test) — · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Liquorland (Australia) Pty Ltd v Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (joinder of parties) [2026] NSWCATAD 211 · 16/7/26
• Bell v Smith; Lynton v Smith [2026] NSWCATAD 212 — inciting is not expressing · 16/7/26
• Watkinson v Bayside Council [2026] NSWCATAD 218 — development application review, noted for the record · 23/7/26
• Kaempfe v University of NSW (No 2) [2026] NSWCATAD 220 — victimisation complaint dismissed · 27/7/26
• Clancy v Clarence Valley Council [2026] NSWCATAD 249 — GIPA: asserting allegations are unsubstantiated carries the onus; redaction that destroys meaning supports refusal · 21/8/26
• FMM v Insurance and Care NSW [2026] NSWCATAD 250 — access law compels what is held, not what you wish had been kept · 24/8/26
• Hirst v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2026] NSWCATAD 251 — disability discrimination · 21/8/26
• HCZ v Department of Education [2026] NSWCATAD 253 — the internal complaint fixes both who may review and what is reviewable. Child pseudonym preserved · 24/8/26
• Tilba Valley Winery & Alehouse v Eurobodalla Shire Council [2026] NSWCATAD 256 — the compensation gateway is narrower than unreasonableness · 25/8/26
• HFL v Children’s Guardian [2026] NSWCATAD 257 — the WWCC framework decision: fact-finding vs predictive risk assessment; the statutory checklist; real and appreciable risk · 26/8/26
• Zhang v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2026] NSWCATAD 258 — tax assessment review · 26/8/26
• HCX v Children’s Guardian [2026] NSWCATAD 259 — clearance scheme construction · 26/8/26
• HLJ v Commissioner of Victims Rights [2026] NSWCATAD 260 — the recognition-payment gateway · 27/8/26
• Cincotta v City of Ryde Council [2026] NSWCATAD 261 — the arithmetic is reviewable · 27/8/26
• HDC v TAFE NSW [2026] NSWCATAP 190 — procedural fairness for self-represented litigants · 17/6/26 (unpublished)
• Goel v Secretary, NSW Department of Customer Service [2026] NSWCATAP 191 — the internal-appeal roadmap · 18/6/26 (unpublished)
• Lirantzis v Calligas (No 2) [2026] NSWCATAP 195 — natural justice, bias, representation and costs · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• Aristidi v KWB Group Pty Ltd t/as Kitchen Connection [2026] NSWCATAP 196 — an internal appeal is not a second hearing · 25/6/26 (unpublished)
• Tiebosch v Kirkland [2026] NSWCATAP 220 — condition reports win cases · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Halim v Wang [2026] NSWCATAP 222 — how to appeal, and how not to · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• The Owners-Strata Plan No 68307 v Horan (No 4) [2026] NSWCATAP 223 — Strata Plan No 68307 v Horan (No 4) — the costs of a ghost appeal · 16/7/26
• Burmeister v AMDE Construction Pty Ltd t/as GJ Gardner Homes Sydney North [2026] NSWCATAP 229 — lost-rent claims under Hadley v Baxendale’s second limb need evidence of the builder’s actual knowledge of the rental intention; reopening requires a clear explanation for evidence not led · 27/7/26
• The Owners – Strata Plan No 48238 v Zhu [2026] NSWCATAP 230 — tribunal costs on a withdrawn appeal: the six leading principles, special circumstances found, and the requirements for a gross sum order · 23/7/26
• McNally v Resolution Life Australasia Limited [2026] NSWCATAP 231 — jurisdictional error appeal dismissed · 27/7/26
• Athens v The Owners–Strata Plan No 47035 (No 2) [2026] NSWCATAP 233 — the $30,000 costs threshold is measured by the rights in dispute in the appeal itself, not at first instance; high valuations of underlying works do not trigger the exception; costs variations may be decided on the papers · 27/7/26
• Tremaine v Gems Painting Pty Ltd [2026] NSWCATAP 235 — s 10 Home Building Act does not preclude deducting unpaid contract monies when assessing damages against an unlicensed contractor; Bellgrove v Eldridge applied; NCAT’s usual deduction practice affirmed · 27/7/26
• Markareh v Intelpools Pty Ltd t/as Autumn Pools [2026] NSWCATAP 236 — renewal proceedings enforce existing orders in the applicant’s favour — not new claims; experts cannot unilaterally amend joint conclave positions; leave to appeal per Collins v Urban · 28/7/26
• Manning v The Owners – Strata Plan No 61973 [2026] NSWCATAP 237 — s 60 “special circumstances” follows the six-point FZK framework; “no tenable basis” means so weak as to be unarguable; gross sum costs orders need itemised accounts · 28/7/26
• Inventbuild Pty Ltd v Tulemis [2026] NSWCATAP 238 — rectifying your own defective work under a work order does not require a current licence; statutory warranty obligations survive licence expiry; the due diligence defence belongs to prosecutions, not civil warranty claims; no inquisitorial duty; money order set aside and remitted only to the extent it swept in strata common property · 28/7/26
• Younger v Deason [2026] NSWCATAP 264 — the worked example for the state's most common neighbour dispute · 24/8/26
• Chater v Le Clair [2026] NSWCATAP 265 — strata nuisance: express findings on convenience and foreseeability; mandatory proportionate liability engagement; remitted · 21/8/26
• McMullen v Insurance and Care NSW [2026] NSWCATAP 266 — privilege inside statutory schemes, fully worked · 25/8/26
• Stewart v Masterpiece Caravans Pty Ltd (No 2) [2026] NSWCATAP 267 — the appeal costs threshold is measured by the amount in dispute on the appeal · 26/8/26
• Connolly v Goh [2026] NSWCATAP 268 — civil appeal · 26/8/26
• O’Sullivan v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2026] NSWCATAP 269 — the four-factor extension test with real evidentiary demands; modified fairness for confidential GIPA material · 26/8/26
• Adams v Van Go Fit Pty Ltd [2026] NSWCATAP 270 — repudiation is a mixed question needing leave; procedural fairness grounds need the complete record · 28/8/26
• Secretary, Department of Customer Service v Tricon Builders Pty Ltd [2026] NSWCATAP 271 — appeals as of right need pure questions of law, precisely identified; Briginshaw for the regulator · 28/8/26
• Baptista v Hyper Apps Pty Ltd t/as Hyper Startup Studio [2026] NSWCATAP 273 — constructive failure to exercise jurisdiction: pleaded claims and accessorial allegations never determined; remittal · 28/8/26
• Greenwich v Latham [2026] NSWCATEN 9 — contempt referral: the tribunal asks only whether the conduct is capable of amounting to contempt; robust criticism is not scandalising · 21/8/26
• Scarlett (a pseudonym) [2026] NSWCATGD 16 — guardianship (pseudonym preserved) · 26/8/26
• Frances (a pseudonym) [2026] NSWCATGD 18 — guardianship (pseudonym preserved) · 26/8/26
• Sarson v Medical Council of New South Wales [2026] NSWCATOD 101 — costs on a discontinued review in the protective jurisdiction · 27/7/26
• Ward v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2026] NSWCATOD 103 — internal review prerequisite, time limits, and mandatory refusal provisions · 23/7/26
• Hafeez v Secretary, Department of Customer Service [2026] NSWCATOD 105 — no tribunal power to determine equivalence of qualifications; strict “Experience” requirements · 27/7/26
• Maman v Health Care Complaints Commission [2026] NSWCATOD 114 — reinstatement: the onus of showing you are no longer unfit; insight, conditions, supervision · 28/8/26
• Oris & Otis Pty Ltd v Point to Point Transport Commissioner [2026] NSWCATOD 115 — on review the tribunal may go harder: suspension became cancellation, public safety paramount · 28/8/26

Victoria (66)

• Sky Jade Corporation Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue [2026] VCAT 421 — the nomination that doubled the duty · 16/7/26
• Clemens v Lajbcygler (Costs) [2026] VCAT 437 — the settlement-offer costs trap · 17/6/26 (unpublished)
• Leadon Group Pty Ltd v Frankston CC [2026] VCAT 439 — an impossible permit requirement · 17/6/26 (unpublished)
• Buchanan v Surf Coast SC [2026] VCAT 448 — calling a use by its real purpose · 18/6/26 (unpublished)
• Ali v Homes Victoria [2026] VCAT 453 — testing a rent increase by the law in force when it was given · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• YWX v Mental Health Tribunal [2026] VCAT 456 — less restrictive means · 18/6/26 (unpublished)
• Vorchheimer v Tayeh (No 2) [2026] VCAT 461 — vilification, compensation and remedies · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• Psychology Board of Australia v Schroder [2026] VCAT 473 — professional misconduct from criminal dishonesty · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• Casdaus Pty Ltd v Nichols [2026] VCAT 483 — statutory interpretation, building list · 28/7/26
• Vasiliou v Defteros Lawyers (interlocutory applications) [2026] VCAT 506 · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Companion and Pets Party Limited v Victorian Electoral Commission [2026] VCAT 541 — the five-month name · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• 80Proof Australia Pty Ltd v Victorian Liquor Commission [2026] VCAT 543 — the name is the advertisement · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Kloprogge v Frankston CC (permit review) [2026] VCAT 545 · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Rainn Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue (No. 2) [2026] VCAT 546 — the exemption that died on rewritten diaries · 16/7/26
• Flis v Hepburn SC [2026] VCAT 552 — bushfire and biodiversity beat five lots · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Yousefi v Nillumbik SC [2026] VCAT 553 — an enforcement order is not an opening offer · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Sahib Pty Ltd v Mitchell SC [2026] VCAT 566 — planning permit — childcare centre · 27/7/26
• Stanley v EWH Construction West Pty Ltd [2026] VCAT 571 — building damages shown step by step: index-based cost inflation uplift, evidenced alternative accommodation and storage, and a particularised award for loss of amenity and physical inconvenience — not a formulaic percentage · 23/7/26
• Romyn v Greyhound Racing Victoria [2026] VCAT 577 — severity appeal · 28/7/26
• Matruglio v Secretary to the Department of Government Services [2026] VCAT 585 — working with children check review · 27/7/26
• McDonald v Boroondara CC [2026] VCAT 636 · 31/8/26
• Ho v Alvin & Zoe Pty Ltd [2026] VCAT 653 — what proving a cash payment takes · 31/8/26
• SUL [2026] VCAT 658 — special medical procedures and the last resort principle; consent refused while gentler alternatives remain; reported with care · 31/8/26
• QVM v Social Services Regulator [2026] VCAT 664 — regulator decision construed · 26/8/26
• Rontogiannis v Victoria Building Authority [2026] VCAT 667 — want of prosecution: three years, twenty-four orders, dismissed on the multi-factor test · 26/8/26
• Vieira v Marpet Consolidated Pty Ltd [2026] VCAT 678 · 31/8/26
• Tesch v Kyratzis [2026] VCAT 680 — the 'more just and fair' test worked factor by factor, and full template sale orders · 31/8/26
• Medical Board of Australia v WLD [2026] VCAT 681 — the reference decision on the para (a)/para (c) line and chaperone integrity · 25/8/26
• Indara Corporation Pty Ltd v Brimbank CC [2026] VCAT 688 — planning permit conditions · 26/8/26
• Psychology Board of Australia v Ewing (Costs) [2026] VCAT 689 — disciplinary costs proportionately reduced for the failed allegation; capped and taxed · 26/8/26
• Greyhound Racing Victoria v Boyle [2026] VCAT 692 — the six-factor penalty framework; VCAT bound by racing tribunal fact findings · 31/8/26
• McGhee v Greyhound Racing Victoria [2026] VCAT 693 · 31/8/26
• Greyhound Racing Victoria v Stirling [2026] VCAT 694 · 31/8/26
• Osborne v Greater Geelong CC [2026] VCAT 697 — Farming Zone dwelling refused; neglect cannot justify conversion; consolidation over fragmentation · 31/8/26
• Fowler v Victorian Fisheries Authority [2026] VCAT 700 · 31/8/26
• Schultz v Golden Plains SC [2026] VCAT 705 · 31/8/26
• Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia v Hawthorn [2026] VCAT 708 · 31/8/26
• Qu v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2026] VSC 497 — suppression ruling · 25/8/26
• Warwick Brigham (a pseudonym) v Trustees of the Christian Brothers [2026] VSC 522 — settlement approval in an institutional abuse claim (doctrine only) · 25/8/26
• Cyara Solutions Pty Ltd v Mitchell [2026] VSC 531 — restraining misuse of confidential information after an executive departure: precision, genuine secrecy, business realities · 21/8/26
• Marriott v Grigorovitch [2026] VSC 535 — personal injuries claim survives summary dismissal · 21/8/26
• Doran v Astrazeneca Pty Ltd [2026] VSC 536 — product liability case management · 21/8/26
• Lam v Leung (Costs) [2026] VSC 540 — appeal costs follow the event · 21/8/26
• RM v DPP [2026] VSC 544 — youth sentencing: mitigation proved, not recited (doctrine only) · 21/8/26
• Victorian Legal Services Board v Thexton [2026] VSC 545 — removal from the roll: the protective jurisdiction and the fitness checklist · 25/8/26
• Re Crowe [2026] VSC 547 — bail: building exceptional circumstances from accumulated factors · 21/8/26
• Sutherland (a pseudonym) v Watts (a pseudonym) [2026] VSC 548 — ceasing to act: detailed affidavits required; the real moving party pays · 21/8/26
• Re Harrison [2026] VSC 549 — bail application · 21/8/26
• Manda Capital Holdings Pty Ltd v Pappas (No 2) [2026] VSC 554 — vacating trial dates after Aon: the transparent unvarnished explanation, and why liens, new solicitors and discovery complaints were not enough · 28/8/26
• Re McGregor [2026] VSC 556 — will rectification proved by usual practice and one handwritten file note; a modern template order · 31/8/26
• Wellington v Lawrence [2026] VSC 558 — a typed name in an email is a signature; consent inferred from the correspondence pattern; bond repayment without joining the Authority · 31/8/26
• Honda Australia v Brighton Automotive [2026] VSCA 142 — proving the loss counterfactual · 17/6/26 (unpublished)
• Spencer v Coroners Court of Victoria [2026] VSCA 145 — the limits of a coronial appeal · 18/6/26 (unpublished)
• Milekovic v Vrantsidis [No 3] [2026] VSCA 146 — indemnity costs against the self-represented · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• Lao Holdings Pty Ltd v Aviation 3030 Pty Ltd (in liq) [2026] VSCA 148 — landholder duty and Anshun estoppel · 25/6/26 (unpublished)
• Harkness v Banks [2026] VSCA 178 — DPP decisions to discontinue are not wholly insusceptible to judicial review, but only for a rare subset of jurisdictional error exceeding the objective limits of the power; ordinary grounds unavailable; commencement decisions keep their stronger protection · 27/7/26
• Rouse (a pseudonym) v The King [2026] VSCA 193 — unfair prejudice exclusion: the three-stage test and the practical cures · 25/8/26, 27/8/26
• Spencer v Medical Board of Australia [2026] VSCA 195 — interlocutory stays are case management; material error plus significant injustice to appeal · 21/8/26, 21/8/26
• Lifestyle Management 2 Pty Ltd v Dowling [2026] VSCA 201 — a fee must be an ascertainable amount when payable; owner-elected valuations void; no severance · 21/8/26, 21/8/26
• Xu v Ma [2026] VSCA 202 — resulting trust: appellate restraint, the absent witness inference, and the message that decided it · 25/8/26, 26/8/26
• McIver v The King [2026] VSCA 203 — sentence appeal · 25/8/26, 26/8/26
• Wong v The King [2026] VSCA 205 — current sentencing practices distilled; small samples prove no range · 25/8/26
• Cameron v The King [2026] VSCA 206 — sentence appeal · 25/8/26
• Harrison v The King [2026] VSCA 207 — sentence application on the papers · 25/8/26
• Taufeulungaki v The King [2026] VSCA 208 — sentence appeal · 25/8/26
• Mobourne v The King [2026] VSCA 210 — fresh evidence limits on sentence appeals; Verdins moderation needs evidence; doctrine only · 31/8/26, 31/8/26

Queensland (51)

• Valuer-General, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing, and Regional and Rural Development v Western Downs Green Power Hub Pty Ltd [2026] QCA 118 — "urban purpose" and rural land · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• SHRL Ventures Pty Ltd v Pedro-X Pty Ltd [2026] QCA 119 — duress, repudiation and the oppression remedy · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• Palmer v Magistrate McKenzie [2026] QCA 129 — federal jurisdiction and the review map · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Donaldson v Secure Funding Pty Ltd [2026] QCA 135 — security for costs on appeal is a multifactorial balance; delay until the appeal is nearly ready is close to fatal; the stifling effect of an order weighs against it · 22/7/26
• Aesthete No 15 Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Gold Coast [2026] QCA 136 — local planning instruments construed within the cascading state and regional framework; 'housing choice and affordability' imports a real affordable-housing requirement; height uplift cannot bypass density controls; remitted · 22/7/26
• Brades Property Agnes Water Pty Ltd v Skyrock Sun Pty Ltd [2026] QCA 141 — “subject to satisfaction” special conditions: condition precedent to performance, not formation; whether satisfaction must be reasonable as well as honest is a construction question; the challenger bears the onus of showing a reasonable person ought to have been satisfied; consistency with representations measured by practical certainty · 28/7/26
• R v RBU [2026] QCA 151 — preliminary complaint consistency supports credibility, never reliability · 21/8/26, 21/8/26
• R v SFD [2026] QCA 152 — uncharged acts led as sexual interest engage the Pfennig propensity test; a direction that fails it is an error of law even unobjected · 21/8/26, 21/8/26
• McEwan v Director of Public Prosecutions [2026] QCA 153 — privies for issue estoppel require a represented legal interest; adverse findings about a non-party bind no one · 21/8/26, 21/8/26
• R v Small [2026] QCA 158 — formal plea offers vs informal soundings out; parity under the serious violent offence regime · 28/8/26, 28/8/26
• R v Cronn [2026] QCA 159 — the complainant's own later words as fresh evidence; conviction quashed and acquittal entered, not a retrial · 31/8/26, 31/8/26
• Huang v Body Corporate for the Dorchester CTS 10749 [No 2] [2026] QCA 160 — adopting an intervener's winning submissions does not forfeit costs · 31/8/26, 31/8/26
• Health Ombudsman v SDS [2026] QCAT 215 · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Health Ombudsman v Crous [2026] QCAT 218 · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Legal Services Commissioner v Smith (practising without a certificate via PEXA settlements; practice closure, trust accounts, external examiner reports, duty to answer the regulator) [2026] QCAT 267 · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Legal Services Commissioner v Bertrand [2026] QCAT 321 — a complaint and an investigation matter each require s 437 notice, but a missing notice for one does not take the whole proceeding beyond jurisdiction where the charge stands on validly notified particulars; amendment allowed nunc pro tunc — no real prejudice, public interest in one hearing; procedural fairness is substance, not formality · 28/7/26
• Lockett v Office of the Health Ombudsman [2026] QCAT 347 — local resolution is a reviewable decision not to start disciplinary proceedings · 21/8/26
• Longley v Sunshine Coast Regional Council [2026] QCAT 370 — indirect discrimination claim · 21/8/26
• Shafiee v Mathison [2026] QCAT 371 — domestic building dispute · 21/8/26
• Souter v Simpson [2026] QCAT 373 — interlocutory orders · 21/8/26
• Krisztina Hever t/a K and T European Painters v Szikora [2026] QCAT 374 — construction contract · 21/8/26
• Foundation Developments Pty Ltd v Latitude Construction Consulting Pty Ltd [2026] QCAT 375 — construction contract · 21/8/26
• DLJ [2026] QCAT 376 — guardianship dismissed on the papers; re-establish suppression on remittal · 21/8/26
• HQR v Scheme Manager, Victim Assist Queensland [2026] QCAT 378 — victims assistance: international relocation compensable in exceptional DV circumstances; outbound leg only · 21/8/26
• Bore v LMM Holdings Pty Ltd t/as Volvo Cars Brisbane North [2026] QCAT 379 — consumer guarantees, motor vehicle · 21/8/26
• Pike v Golf Sales (Qld) Pty Ltd [2026] QCAT 380 — consumer guarantees · 21/8/26
• McDougall v Arvier [2026] QCAT 381 — neighbourhood dispute, trees · 21/8/26
• Crime and Corruption Commission v Donaldson [2026] QCAT 382 — strike-out for want of jurisdiction needs near certainty; contestable construction defeats it · 21/8/26
• McCristal v Chief Executive, Department of Justice, Office of Fair Trading [2026] QCAT 383 — fair trading licensing review · 21/8/26
• Kemp v Broad [2026] QCAT 384 — judicial review · 21/8/26
• Pointon v Holstein [2026] QCAT 386 — unlicensed builders recover actual costs only, and only on evidence; s 42 QBCC Act worked through · 28/8/26
• Reese & Anor v Torque Concreting and Constructions Pty Ltd [2026] QCAT 387 — void contract, negligence steps in; directions to rectify carry the evidentiary weight · 28/8/26
• Kavanagh & Ors v SAAROQ Pty Ltd t/as Stroud Homes Wide Bay No 2 [2026] QCAT 388 — costs quantified: rule 86 offers, sixty percent solicitors, ninety percent counsel · 28/8/26
• SEB v Department of Justice [2026] QCAT 389 — judicial review, reported under its pseudonym · 28/8/26
• Duck v Chief Executive, Department of Transport and Main Roads [2026] QCAT 390 — tow truck accreditation: the appropriate person test, video evidence and Briginshaw · 28/8/26
• Forrester v Pacific Pines Central [2026] QCAT 391 — interlocutory orders · 28/8/26
• Queensland College of Teachers v TXU [2026] QCAT 392 — teacher discipline, reported under its pseudonym · 28/8/26
• Queensland Building and Construction Commission v Crocker [2026] QCATA 101 — no back-door merits review · 25/6/26 (unpublished)
• Gear v Office of Industrial Relations (No 2) [2026] QCATA 114 — four-part test for document production; fishing expeditions in question-of-law appeals · 23/7/26
• Aniko Property Management Pty Ltd v Beal [2026] QCATA 118 — leave to appeal where the construction question has public value; rectification of a clerical mistake needs proof of knowledge or shared intention · 23/7/26
• Choi v The Body Corporate for Macquarie Place CTS 10897 (No 3) [2026] QCATA 127 — stays: arguable case, nugatory effect, balance of convenience; fire safety outweighed entry objections · 28/8/26
• Ou v Wang [2026] QSC 168 — the handshake the Statute of Frauds could not save: part performance, promissory estoppel, sham analysis, tracing · 21/8/26
• Lake v Hermann [2026] QSC 193 — judicial review · 28/8/26
• Genuity Pty Ltd v IG Power (Callide) Ltd [2026] QSC 194 — construction maxims at work: express interest excluded the general costs clause; specific beats general · 28/8/26
• Malligan v Chevron Apartments Pty Ltd; Cantavenera v Chevron Apartments Pty Ltd [2026] QSC 195 — off the plan terminations tested on the contract machinery · 21/8/26
• McKay v Queensland Ballet Company (No 2) [2026] QSC 196 — estate litigation, round two · 21/8/26
• Bowral Capital Pty Ltd v Real [2026] QSC 197 — commercial lending dispute · 21/8/26
• Dunstan v Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages (No 2) [2026] QSC 200 — judicial review of the registrar, orders worked out · 21/8/26
• Lake v Hermann (No 2) [2026] QSC 201 — correction of orders · 28/8/26
• Re: Asdew Pty Ltd (as trustee) [2026] QSC 202 — the new Trusts Act at work: jurisdiction over a foreign-law trust, a photocopy standing in for a lost deed, vesting extended, names rectified · 28/8/26
• ABC v A Magistrates Court of Queensland [2026] QSC 203 — non-publication orders in extortion cases reach third parties; deterrence can rest on inference · 28/8/26

Western Australia (45)

• Varelis v Rispoli [No 2] (S) [2025] WASC 554 — indemnity costs for groundless contentions; fabrication findings need the allegation squarely put in cross examination · 28/8/26
• Content removed [2026] WASAT 69 — revoking an enduring power of attorney · 23/6/26 (unpublished)
• Ebeling v CEO, Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure [2026] WASAT 71 — a tribunal's limited jurisdiction · 17/6/26 (unpublished)
• LJ [2026] WASAT 73 — administration orders and spending another person's money under supervision · 25/6/26 (unpublished)
• MEDICAL BOARD OF AUSTRALIA and RAVEN [2026] WASAT 84 — proof, delay and Briginshaw · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Bryant and Coast Edge Pty Ltd (home building contract) [2026] WASAT 85 · 16/7/26
• Ms Ba [2026] WASAT 99 — consent to time-critical medical procedure: urgency, context-specific capacity, autonomy-preserving conditions · 21/8/26
• Brough and Local Government Standards Panel [2026] WASAT 101 — check the thing you order actually exists · 27/8/26
• The State of Western Australia v Hoskin [No 4] [2026] WASC 346 — HRSO contravention: the three limbs and the offender onus on substantial compliance · 21/8/26
• Legal Services and Complaints Committee v Williamson [2026] WASC 347 — disciplinary processes confirmed · 21/8/26
• Kanowna Mines Pty Ltd v Grange Resources Ltd [No 2] [2026] WASC 348 — discovery round two on ordinary principles · 21/8/26
• Niroda Holdings Pty Ltd v Dbngp (WA) Nominees Pty Ltd [2026] WASC 349 — pre-action procedure between holding companies · 21/8/26
• The Public Trustee v Attorney General of Western Australia [2026] WASC 350 — the new charitable trusts machinery worked in full: notice, evidence, thresholds, and the as-close-as-possible test · 21/8/26
• The State of Western Australia v Kpb [No 5] [2026] WASC 351 — the seven-proposition substantially-comply test reproduced; least restrictive option applied · 21/8/26
• Bacha v Cordero Jimenez [2026] WASC 352 — wills and estates · 21/8/26
• The State of Western Australia v Paraha [No 2] [2026] WASC 354 — HRSO restriction order: disputed conduct identified, expert working shown (doctrine only) · 25/8/26
• The State of Western Australia v Moussa [No 3] [2026] WASC 355 — mental impairment custody review (doctrine only) · 25/8/26
• DJF v Director of Public Prosecutions [2026] WASC 356 — sentence appeal: reasons read as a whole; totality first limb · 25/8/26
• Singida Pty Ltd v Mlmk Pty Ltd [No 2] [2026] WASC 357 — account on wilful default ordered · 25/8/26
• Clark v Perth Flying Squadron Yacht Club (Inc) [2026] WASC 358 — pre-action discovery: the five elements and the deliberately low bar · 25/8/26
• WOOD v WA Police [2026] WASC 359 — police prosecution matter · 25/8/26
• JUDD v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2026] WASC 360 — discontinuing a representative proceeding: the not-unfair test and limitation interactions · 25/8/26
• Hayes v Hayes [2026] WASC 361 — wills and estates · 25/8/26
• Minchin v Director of Public Prosecutions [2026] WASC 362 — sentence appeal · 28/8/26
• Boston v Ellena Pty Ltd [2026] WASC 363 — oppression injunction refused: advertising is not selling, and an undertaking neutralised the prejudice · 28/8/26
• Wilkinson v WA Police [2026] WASC 364 — appeal grounds · 28/8/26
• Re Charitable Trustee a; Ex Parte Charitable Trustee a [2026] WASC 365 — judicial advice for a charitable trustee · 28/8/26
• Bin Saad v WA Police [2026] WASC 366 — accused's costs after dismissal for want of prosecution; item 6 is reasonableness, not a cap · 28/8/26
• Tallott v Stein [2026] WASC 367 — the honest claim of right defence restated for local government prosecutions · 31/8/26
• Moon Recruitment v Horne [2026] WASCA 80 — who was the employer · 17/6/26 (unpublished)
• SILVEY v The State of Western Australia [2026] WASCA 84 — totality in white-collar fraud sentencing · 25/6/26 (unpublished)
• Aldaw v The State of Western Australia [2026] WASCA 95 — sentencing remarks read as a whole; declining a less-culpable submission is not a finding of equal culpability; comparators must match the provision and maximum; leave-refused cases mark nothing · 22/7/26
• GRM v The State of Western Australia [2026] WASCA 97 — an inference needs evidence, not a gap · 16/7/26
• Phoebe Buckley (a pseudonym) v Director of Public Prosecutions [No 2] (second-tier conviction appeal dismissed: indecency judged by time, place and circumstance; detention to verify identity under s 16(4C) CIIPA; an appeal is not a second trial) [2026] WASCA 98 · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• International Raw Materials Pty Ltd v J.J. Hawkins and Co Pty Ltd [2026] WASCA 105 — stays pending appeal restated: special circumstances, the nugatory categories, prospects, balance of convenience; a winding up does not automatically stay an appeal brought by a company · 22/7/26
• Stewart Elliot Smythe (a pseudonym) v The State of Western Australia [2026] WASCA 107 — a mistake as to the maximum penalty is an error of law, material where it shifts the offending into the wrong category; counsel must correct a misstated maximum before final orders; resentencing fixes infected sentences then reassesses totality; arduous conditions mitigate only where materially more onerous than the general population · 27/7/26
• Suppressed [2026] WASCA 113 — suppressed judgment, noted for the record (no public link) · 21/8/26
• Suppressed [2026] WASCA 113 — suppressed judgment, noted for the record (no public link) · 21/8/26
• LE v The King [2026] WASCA 117 — eleven points on unreasonable verdicts; springing-order extensions need prospects · 28/8/26, 31/8/26
• Mineralogy Pty Ltd v Citic Limited [2026] WASCA 118 — costs, delay and the three-factor framework; liberty to apply is no standstill · 25/8/26, 25/8/26
• Suppressed [2026] WASCA 119 — reported as existing only · 31/8/26
• Di Ciano v The State of Western Australia [2026] WASCA 120 — implied admissions vs consciousness-of-guilt lies; pretext call directions; totality · 28/8/26, 31/8/26
• The State of Western Australia v Matanga [2026] WASCA 121 — general prison conditions are not mitigation without personal evidence; immediate imprisonment substituted; doctrine only · 31/8/26, 31/8/26
• Lagdon v The State of Western Australia [2026] WASCA 122 — totality and manifest excess restated; willingness of a child under authority never mitigates; doctrine only · 31/8/26, 31/8/26
• ROSE v The State of Western Australia [2026] WASCA 123 — interlocutory civil appeal · 28/8/26, 31/8/26

South Australia (12)

• Rogers v Rogers [2026] SASC 115 — testamentary capacity: the evidence hierarchy, and the solicitor file note as capacity insurance · 21/8/26
• Krajancic v City of Norwood, Payneham and St Peters [2026] SASC 118 — council prosecution appeal dismissed · 31/8/26
• State of South Australia v AC [2026] SASC 119 — the unacceptable risk framework in full: non-discretionary, correctness on appeal, the full report over the summary · 28/8/26
• Evans v RSPCA [2026] SASC 123 — animal welfare, reported in headline · 31/8/26
• Hastwell v The King [2026] SASCA 69 — uncharged conduct and jury directions · 25/6/26 (unpublished)
• R v Howell; Mitchell, Rigney, Carver & Tenhoopen v The King [2026] SASCA 71 — joint criminal enterprise and constructive murder · 25/6/26 (unpublished)
• Albarran, Kijurina & Ors v Digiorgio Family Wines Pty Ltd & Ors [2026] SASCA 80 — receivers personally liable for debts incurred in the receivership, not pre-existing company debts; stay conditioned on a bank guarantee covering judgment and interest · 22/7/26
• Motor Accident Commission v Raccanello & Ors [2026] SASCA 95 — the Calderbank checklist at work; restitution of overpayments with 7% interest · 31/8/26, 31/8/26
• Fulton (a Pseudonym) v The King [2026] SASCA 97 — judge-alone reasons adequacy and DNA transfer reasoning (doctrine only) · 21/8/26, 24/8/26
• Narciso v Narciso [2026] SASCA 99 — family provision: standing, exceptional circumstances, and utility disciplining the extension · 21/8/26, 24/8/26
• Susan Rose Padley v South Australian Housing Trust [2026] SASCA 100 — apprehended bias needs a factual foundation; hardship alone is no stay · 21/8/26, 21/8/26
• Rawatxay v The King [2026] SASCA 102 — uncertainty whether time served reached the non-parole period is itself material error · 28/8/26, 28/8/26

Tasmania (5)

• Rosewarne and Rosewarne v Rosewarne (No 3) [2026] TASSC 56 — the three costs scales, the bring-into-account rule, trustee indemnity, and cascading draft orders · 21/8/26
• Arrowsmith and Sherriff v Carter [2026] TASSC 58 — constructive trust between former partners · 21/8/26
• Tasmulch Pty Ltd v Minister for Business, Industry and Resources [2026] TASSC 59 — judicial review of a ministerial decision · 21/8/26
• DPP v Harrison [2026] TASSC 60 — high risk offender supervision (doctrine only) · 21/8/26
• Baird v Goodwin [2026] TASSC 61 — sentencing reasons in busy lists; no discounting against future concurrency · 21/8/26

Australian Capital Territory (17)

• Zin & Anor v Alkahtani [2026] ACAT 47 — residual diplomatic immunity protects only official acts — a private tenancy is not one; fair wear and tear distinguished from compensable damage; depreciation-based quantification for aged floorboards · 23/7/26
• Paterson v Director of Public Prosecutions (No 2) [2026] ACTCA 20 — manifest excess stays a high wall · 15/7/26 (unpublished)
• Powell v DPP [2026] ACTCA 21 — aggravated burglary sentencing checklist; Bugmy principles applied; concurrency and non-parole guidance; managing a self-represented appellant · 22/7/26
• GRE Sales Pty Ltd v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2026] ACTCA 26 — security for costs on appeal: the full framework, and no special position for government litigants · 21/8/26, 26/8/26
• Arizapa v Monty [2026] ACTSC 303 — appeal from the magistrates court · 21/8/26
• Ashell Homes Constructions Pty Ltd v Kobus (No 3) [2026] ACTSC 304 — pleadings, round three · 21/8/26
• Whats your addy Pty Ltd v Hedley [2026] ACTSC 305 — ex parte injunctions: the full and frank disclosure duty, its limits, and the director/employee distinction · 21/8/26
• Sami v Nepal [2026] ACTSC 306 — the quality of life benefits map: WPI in sequence, limitation preserved nunc pro tunc · 21/8/26
• Osborne (a pseudonym) v Vaughn (a pseudonym) [2026] ACTSC 307 — pseudonyms preserved · 21/8/26
• DPP v Pricsina [2026] ACTSC 308 — joint trial ruling · 21/8/26
• DPP v Kustic [2026] ACTSC 309 — trafficking sentence: reward differential, parity, proceeds (doctrine only) · 21/8/26
• Girvan v Civil Construction Hire Pty Ltd (No 2) [2026] ACTSC 313 — interrogatories category by category; inadequate denials come home · 21/8/26
• Boardman v ACT [2026] ACTSC 316 — civil claim against the territory · 21/8/26
• Bolaram v ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (No 2) [2026] ACTSC 323 — judicial review · 31/8/26
• DPP v Terry Barajas (a pseudonym) [2026] ACTSC 324 — the young offender sentencing checklist; doctrine only · 31/8/26
• Demczyszyn v ACT Height Safety Pty Ltd (in liq) [2026] ACTSC 325 — breach of statutory duty proved, so no reduction for contributory negligence under s 102(2); texts, experts and the rule in put-your-case · 31/8/26
• Laura Hall (a pseudonym) v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church (No 2) [2026] ACTSC 326 — no power to compel a medical examination; the stay is the pressure point; reported with care · 31/8/26

Commonwealth Tribunals & Offices (7)

• Qiuling Chen removal [2026] ATMO 128 — s 101(3) discretion: abandonment, residual reputation, market re-entry · 27/7/26
• WellNova removal [2026] ATMO 129 — non-use: documentary evidence required; bare assertions carry little weight · 27/7/26
• Men Xui Do removal [2026] ATMO 130 — substantial identity of variant marks assessed side by side · 27/7/26
• Hong Chen opposition [2026] ATMO 131 — s 62A bad faith: two-step test (subjective knowledge, then objective commercial standards); trade-mark warehousing inferred from filing patterns, unusual marks and overseas correspondences · 27/7/26
• Trade mark application 2480344 [2026] ATMO 132 — statutory interpretation · 27/7/26
• SimAngus marks (Australian SimAngus Cattle Breeders Association) [2026] ATMO 133 — breed-name marks maintained · 27/7/26
• Basmathi opposition (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority v Australasian Foods) [2026] ATMO 135 — reputation in an alleged geographical indication requires recognition as a badge of origin, not mere descriptive understanding; the passing off and consumer law grounds fell with it; equivocal surveys insufficient · 27/7/26

New Zealand (19)

• Lim-Yip v Lim [2026] NZCA 297 — the self-appointed trustee · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Harding v Attorney-General [2026] NZCA 302 — a stay is a strike-out · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Burrell v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections [2026] NZCA 309 — extended supervision order challenges proceed as sentence appeals; the term must be the minimum the risk requires · 27/7/26
• Hauiti v The King [2026] NZCA 315 — the revised methodology for “aged-out” offenders applies retrospectively: first determine the likely historical Youth Court disposition (benefit of the doubt where uncertain), then whether a community-based sentence remains appropriate; remittal is the appellate course · 27/7/26
• Foster v Accident Compensation Corporation [2026] NZHC 1602 — special leave declined — whether CRPS is a physical injury did not present a seriously arguable question of law · 27/7/26
• Commerce Commission v Kiwise Trading Ltd [2026] NZHC 1621 — product safety sentencing follows orthodox principles and the established culpability catalogue, not rigid bands; financial-capacity discounts need proof of actual inability to pay · 27/7/26
• Claredon Ltd v Air Hull Technologies Ltd [2026] NZHC 1690 — disclosure and the boardroom marriage · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Sillsco Ltd v Hino Motors Ltd [2026] NZHC 1697 — representative settlement approved on the “reasonable range of fair outcomes” test; categorised loss formulas over exact calculations where verification costs would eat the fund; conditional fee premium on fees, not the settlement sum · 27/7/26
• G v Attorney-General [2026] NZHC 1776 — the Speaker’s precinct powers extend to reasonable indirect measures short of force against trespassed occupants; the s 9 BORA threshold stays truly egregious; misfeasance requires targeted malice with knowledge of the plaintiff; peaceful assembly validly curtailed on lawfully closed premises · 27/7/26
• Jones v Environmental Protection Authority [2026] NZHC 1872 — the fast-track's outer limit · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Rahal v ASB Bank Ltd [2026] NZHC 1874 — the equity of redemption is extinguished only when the mortgagee is bound to complete a sale; an agreement cancellable at will means the property has not yet “been sold”; the best-price duty includes clear communication about price-depressing contingencies · 27/7/26
• Southland Fish and Game Council v Southland Regional Council [2026] NZHC 1900 — undone by its own logic · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Bostani v Police [2026] NZHC 1904 — show the working · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Ellis v de Hek [2026] NZHC 1913 — red flags and free expression · 14/7/26 (unpublished)
• Casey v Blair-Bellamy [2026] NZHC 1935 — before administration a residuary beneficiary holds only a chose in action; a deed varying a minor’s statutory trust is not valid without court approval, and its failure can unwind the arrangement against the adults too; mistake relief unavailable where parties knowingly assumed values · 27/7/26
• Goodfellow v Du Val Group NZ Ltd (In Statutory Management and Receivership) [2026] NZHC 1951 — registering a foreign judgment is a “proceeding against the corporation” barred by the statutory-management moratorium; “enforcement” includes recognition and registration; abiding a foreign costs decision is not waiver — seek leave first · 27/7/26
• Ataria v The King [2026] NZHC 1985 — appellate focus on the end sentence, not the arithmetic; EM bail credit in the 30–50% range on detailed evidence; departures from a sentence indication require explicit reasons · 27/7/26
• Manage My Health Ltd v Unknown Defendants [2026] NZHC 2119 — injunction against unknown defendants over a health data breach · 27/7/26
• Goel v The King [2026] NZSC 96 — propensity evidence cross-admitted across distinct corruption offence types — whether an abstractly defined propensity is legally cognisable, and the minimum jury directions required · 27/7/26

United Kingdom & Privy Council (19)

• Hoystead v Commissioner of Taxation [1926] AC 155 — canvassed in the estoppel taxonomy · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd [2015] UKSC 17 — the contractual-discretion constraint behind the source holding · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd [2017] UKSC 67 — objective dishonesty — held unnecessary to fiduciary disloyalty · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of a devolution issue [2026] UKSC 16 — Cheshire West overruled: deprivation of liberty under art 5 ECHR is a multifactorial assessment; valid consent is an autonomous concept — the wishes and feelings of a person with basic awareness of their circumstances carry usually decisive weight; compliance, purpose and normality relevant again · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• HMRC v Hffx Llp [2026] UKSC 17 — partnership profit allocation taxes only a subsisting contractual right; purposive construction restrained — plain meaning wins even where avoidance was a main object; a Braganza-governed discretion still supplies a source · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• HMRC v BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP [2026] UKSC 18 — salaried members: significant influence must derive from legally enforceable rights, not de facto sway; own-desk-driven allocations are disguised salary despite a theoretical cap · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• Skatteforvaltningen v MCML Ltd [2026] UKSC 19 — issue estoppel confined to determinations necessary and fundamental on the pleadings; never enlarged to different facts; overflow belongs to abuse of process (Blair v Curran applied) · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• R v McCafferty [2026] UKSC 20 — statutory public nuisance: a 'right' of the public at large excludes licences; no public right over a private road; penal ambiguity resolves for liberty; acquittals confirmed. The offence shares ancestry with the NZ Criminal Code Act 1893 and the Queensland Code of 1899 · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• Saxon Woods Investments Ltd v Costa [2026] UKSC 21 — the s 172(1) good-faith duty governs a director's conduct as well as belief; covert subversion of the board's resolved strategy is disloyalty without any need for Ivey dishonesty; unconditional buy-out substituted · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• R (Bano) v London Borough of Waltham Forest [2026] UKSC 22 — the main housing duty ends automatically on acceptance or refusal of a compliant offer; confirmatory letters decide nothing; statutory review then county court appeal — judicial review a last resort · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• Great Asia Maritime Ltd v Orion Shipping and Trading LLC [2026] UKSC 23 — the Lila Lisbon: under Norwegian Saleform clause 14 a buyer cancelling for proven negligence recovers loss of bargain without repudiatory breach; standard forms keep their established meanings · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• AXA Insurance UK PLC v Commissioners of Inland Revenue [2026] UKSC 24 — a GLO test-case judgment binds the follower claims unless its legal basis has since been clearly established to be wrong, a stricter bar than issue estoppel; concessions in a test case bind too · UKSC Edition · 31 August 2026
• The Kingdom of Bahrain v Shehabi [2026] UKSC 25 — state immunity: remote infection of computers located in Britain with spyware is an act in the United Kingdom under the personal-injury exception (3:2); the statute asks for a causative act here, not the author's presence · UKSC Edition · 31 August 2026
• Akbars Restaurant (Middlesborough) Ltd v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] UKSC 26 — a civil penalty notice reciting every possible ground of liability without choosing one is no notice at all; the court's method drew in part on the High Court of Australia's Project Blue Sky · UKSC Edition · 31 August 2026
• Tesla, Inc v InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc (No 2) [2026] UKSC 27 — the FRAND promise follows the patents into a licensing platform; seriously arguable that the only fair licence in this market is the platform licence itself, fairly priced; declaratory jurisdiction reaches the platform operator though it owns no patents; service out stood, and Delaware was no answer · UKSC Edition · 31 August 2026
• R v Sheikh [2026] UKSC 28 — (reported with care) — causing or allowing a vulnerable adult to suffer serious harm: foresight attaches to the kind of circumstances, not the mechanics of the final act; convictions reinstated; ordinary statutory words go to the jury without a gloss · UKSC Edition · 31 August 2026
• Drelle v Servis-Terminal LLC (In Liquidation in the Russian Federation) [2026] UKSC 29 — a final foreign money judgment of a competent court creates the obligation to pay when given; recognition is the key to execution, never a precondition to the debt; a bankruptcy petition is not execution, so the unrecognised Russian judgment grounded it · UKSC Edition · 31 August 2026
• Augustine v Data Cars Ltd [2026] UKSC 30 — part-time discrimination asks whether part-time status was an effective cause of the less favourable treatment, not the sole cause, resolving a twenty-year conflict · UKSC Edition · 31 August 2026
• Avon Freeholds Ltd v Cresta Court E RTM Company Ltd [2026] UKSC 31 — the right to manage survives a missed procedural notice that prejudiced nobody; a contrary passage in an earlier Supreme Court decision declared not part of its ratio · UKSC Edition · 31 August 2026

Other Authorities (2)

• Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589 — the Australian abuse-of-process backstop, referenced in commentary · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026
• House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 — appellate interference with discretion, referenced in commentary · UKSC Edition · 23 July 2026

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