As reported by Vasujith, George H. Gadbois, jr, passed away on Friday night. This post briefly considers what Vasujith rightly terms Professor Gadbois’s magnum opus, Judges of the Supreme Court of...
In recent years, asylum seekers from Bangladesh have comprised a significant portion of unauthorised maritime arrivals (that is, people arriving by boat without visas) in Australia. Their claims for...
This is the second post in an infrequent series on colonial continuity in the Indian judiciary. The first post can be found here. In November, I posted what was, in retrospect, an...
This post is hopefully the first of a loosely-linked set of posts on colonial continuity in the Indian judiciary.As noted in the title, this post is a brief biographical sketch of Sir Orby Howell...
On 26 November 2016, I took part in a panel at the Consulate-General of India in Sydney to celebrate Constitution Day. I’ve provided my speech notes below. I was told to avoid controversy and to make...
This post is not a summary of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Jindal Stainless Ltd v State of Haryana, Civil Appeal No. 3453/2002 (2016) (“the Entry Tax case”). Other contributors to this blog...
The impact of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is not measurable solely by reference to formal prosecutions resulting in reported decisions. As the Delhi High Court found in Naz Foundation v...
As Vikram has previously noted, Part XIII of the Indian Constitution (regarding trade, commerce and intercourse within India) has once again arisen for interpretation. These provisions draw upon (but...
The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea (“SCPNG”)’s recent decision in Namah v Pato [2016] PGSC 13; SC1497 (“Namah”) found the detention of asylum seekers (transferred from Australia to Papua New...
The Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the United Kingdom Upper Tribunal (“UKUT”) can issue ‘country guidance’ decisions, which guide (and, in most circumstances, bind) government decision-makers in...