Tag: High Court of Australia
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If only the High Court had heard Tickle v Giggle
Talking recently with an old acquaintance, now a barrister, I spoke of how disappointing it was that the High Court had declined the special leave application brought by Sall Grover in the Tickle v Giggle case. The High Court ruled that the wording of the Sex Discrimination Act was not sufficiently ambiguous to allow for…
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High Court sport
We are approaching a period in which four of the seven judges on the High Court will have to retire. Two reach the mandatory retirement age within the next twelve months, another in October 2022, then the Chief Justice herself in January 2024. Not since the latter half of the 1990’s has there been a…
