Opinions on High

Opinions on High is a legal blog focused on detailed analysis and commentary on decisions and issues related to the High Court of Australia. It covers a range of topics including constitutional law, tort law, criminal law, and procedural fairness, often discussing significant court cases and their implications for legal principles and public policy. The blog provides summaries of judgments, explores legal reasoning, and considers broader impacts on policing, human rights, and government powers. It serves as a resource for understanding complex legal developments at the highest judicial level in Australia.

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The High Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal against the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory, holding that the appellant, Mr Lewis, was not entitled to substantial damages for wrongful imprisonment because, while the decision to return him to

In the 1984 science fiction movie The Terminator, the Terminator, a cybernetic android assassin from the future, pursues the two heroes of the movie, Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese relentlessly. Connor and Reese shelter in a police station, and the

The High Court has unanimously allowed an appeal against part of a judgment of the Full Federal Court of Australia, holding that in a case where a defendant had terminated an agreement by deceptive means, the balance of probabilities showed

The High Court of Australia unanimously allowed an appeal from the New South Wales Court of Appeal, holding that damages for disappointment and distress for breach of a holiday cruise tour contract were not precluded as damages for “personal injury”