Greg Barclay was sexually assaulted by a Marist brother in 1970, but his quest for compensation has been blocked by a controversial High Court judgment that found the Catholic Church was not ...

the High Court ruled that common law affords the same immunity from civil suit to judges of inferior courts as it does to judges of superior courts. "Under that common law, judges of Australian ...

National Native Title Council chief executive Jamie Lowe said the High Court's decision shows that native title is recognised under Australian law and also protected by the Constitution.

The High Court ... that equality [of Australian citizens before the law] and perpetuate its own form of injustice”. Writing separately, Justice Simon Steward, one of the court’s more ...

Indigenous elders from Arnhem Land have won a historic victory in their 60-year fight for land rights, after the High Court found ... then took their case to court in Australia’s first land ...

Gumatj clan leader Djawa Yunupingu, the brother of the late Yunupingu, pumped his fist as he walked out of the High Court following ... but of their place in Australia. “It’s a judgement ...

The Human Rights Law Centre says it has avoided the need for an urgent High Court challenge ... Affairs has promised the court that the man would not be removed from Australia while the case ...