Open Justice and Closed Tribunals: The Court of Appeal on proceeding suppression orders
The Court of Appeal’s December 2021 decision in WEQ returned to the vexed issue of the scope and duration of a proceeding suppression order.
Author: Liam McAuliffe
The Lim principle at play: terrorist offenders and Chapter III of the Constitution
The High Court’s February 2021 decision in Benbrika considered whether the conferral of power on a Supreme Court to make a continuing detention order under the Criminal Code (Cth) was contrary to Chapter III of the Commonwealth Constitution.