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Sir Anthony Mason pictured in Sydney in 2012. The towering law figure died on Tuesday, aged 100.

Former High Court chief justice Anthony Mason dies, aged 100

Mason served as chief justice from 1987 to 1995, an era defined by a series of watershed decisions including the Mabo Indigenous land rights ruling.

  • Michaela Whitbourn

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Katy Perry (left) and Australian fashion designer Katie Jane Taylor, who sells clothing under the brand name Katie Perry.

Sydney designer Katie Perry wins court case against pop star Katy Perry

A fashion designer has won a lengthy legal battle after the High Court ruled that the pop icon infringed her trademark.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman
Sam said the abuse left him unable to tell his children he loved them.

A nun allegedly raped Sam. Then she introduced him to another abuser

Sam says he was flogged, raped and abused at a NSW boys’ home. A landmark ruling may help him get justice.

  • Amber Schultz and Michaela Whitbourn
Eddie Obeid (left), Ian Macdonald and Moses Obeid (right).

‘Clear abuse of public trust’: High Court rules on Obeid, Macdonald appeals

Disgraced ex-Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid, his son Moses and former ministerial ally Ian Macdonald were jailed for their part in a conspiracy.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Former independent candidate Paul Hopper is challenging the Victorian government’s political donation laws in the High Court.

Victoria’s political donation laws unfairly favour major parties, High Court told

Labor’s controversial political donation regime is being tested in the High Court of Australia as former independent candidates take their case to Canberra.

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Bruce Lehrmann and Lisa Wilkinson outside the Federal Court during the defamation trial.

‘Rape myths’: Ten, Wilkinson hit back at Lehrmann over appeal bid

The former federal Liberal staffer is seeking to overturn a damning defamation finding that he raped his former colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House.

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The Victorian government faces a High Court challenge to its fundraising laws despite a last-minute bid to amend the laws.

High Court rejects Victorian bid to stall donation law case

Victoria’s political donation laws will this week face a legal challenge in the nation’s top court after the state government’s attempt to delay the case failed.

  • Annika Smethurst
Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan.

Freed detainee accused of violent Girrawheen attack reoffended while on bail, court told

Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan, 45, is one of three men accused of a violent attack on Ninette and Philip Simons at their home in Girrawheen in 2024.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Walter Bongomin is seen leaving the Brisbane District Court in Brisbane.

Man freed by High Court handed jail for visa breaches

A landmark High Court ruling freed the man from indefinite immigration detention, but he has now been sentenced to a jail term for dozens of visa condition breaches.

  • Rex Martinich
Virginia Bell

Former high court judge confirmed as commissioner despite Frydenberg objections

Anthony Albanese has stared down resistance from former treasurer Josh Frydenberg and appointed Virginia Bell to lead a royal commission into antisemitism.

  • Rob Harris and Matthew Knott