The High Court’s recent decision in Sunland Group Limited v Gold Coast City Council [2021] HCA 35 (Sunland), delivered on 10 November 2021, has important implications for the interpretation of statutory approvals under a wide range of legislation, including approvals under planning laws. In Sunland, Stewart J (with whom Kiefel CJ, Keane and Gleeson JJ...Read More

Higgins Chambers warmly congratulates Ruth O’Gorman QC on her appointment as silk.Read More

An intellectually disabled man on death row in Singapore has won another short reprieve, but the global campaign to save him is growing. An intellectually impaired Malaysian man due to be executed in Singapore on Wednesday gained a last-minute reprieve as a result of contracting COVID-19. Nagaenthran Dharmalingam’s final legal bid to prevent being hanged...Read More