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A very prominent barrister once told me she filled out her Senate ballot by putting one party's candidates first, another's last. On working her way to the middle from both ends, she saw the name of a solicitor who had not paid her fees and needed to ask for a new ballot paper.

Next week in @highcourtofaus, we will get: - reasons for the failure of the challenge to party name registration rules three months ago - judgment in a case about treaty limits on damages for airline-related injuries, heard two months ago

GORDON J: Well, then, I do not understand it. GAGELER CJ: That is two of us. EDELMAN J: Three. austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdo…

Great story.

"I am also told that your Honour’s party trick is your ability to recall the precise Commonwealth Law Report citation for any High Court case and often the page on which a particular passage appeared". fedcourt.gov.au/digital-law-li…

an inexorably slow train from Circular Quay to Randwick Racecourse. ... BEECH-JONES J: It goes via the SCG, Mr Bannon, so do not underestimate that. MR BANNON: You can walk faster from the city to the SCG, and I hereby give firsthand evidence thereof. austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdo…

COUNSEL: I am just pointing out Lord Sales joined in. GAGELER CJ: Following precedent. COUNSEL: Yes, or realising the error of his ways or ‑ ‑ ‑ GAGELER CJ: Following precedent. austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdo…

GORDON J: I do not mean any disrespect, but that is just the way it seems. MR GLEESON: No, I will take disrespect – if it is coming from your Honour rather than Mr Bannon [opposing counsel], I am happy. austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdo…

CJ: If there is something you must say in response to [document to be filed Friday], you will say that within two working days. COUNSEL: Yes. May it please the Court, what does your Honour call a working day? CJ: I will amend that to three working days. austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdo…

Kirby ex-J spoke at Melbourne Law School this month; 'What is it like being a High Court Justice?'. Video (one hour) and a brief description at law.unimelb.edu.au/news/MLS/justi…

"the Supreme Court of Canada announced on X, without explicit justification, that it would [leave X] ... the most retweeted and liked message from the Court ... an almost equally large and unprecedented stream of disapproving comments".

Transcript of a single-judge hearing. Federal Court judge's application to be Deputy Judge Advocate General is argued to be apprehended bias in a case where Chief of Defence Force is party austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdo…