High Court of Australia

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf High Court of Justice
gptkbp:address gptkb:Parkes_Place,_Canberra,_ACT
gptkbp:annualSittings February to December
gptkbp:appealsTo gptkb:Federal_Court_of_Australia
gptkb:Supreme_Courts_of_the_States_and_Territories
gptkbp:appointedBy Governor General of Canada
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Edwards_Madigan_Torzillo_and_Briggs
gptkbp:authority gptkb:Judiciary_Act_1903
gptkb:Australian_Constitution
gptkbp:buildingType Modernist architecture
gptkbp:composition 7 justices
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Commonwealth_Heritage_List
gptkbp:decisionsBindingOn all Australian courts
gptkbp:emblem gptkb:Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia
gptkbp:established 1903
gptkbp:firstChiefJustice gptkb:Samuel_Griffith
gptkbp:function judicial review
final court of appeal
interprets Constitution of Australia
original jurisdiction in constitutional matters
gptkbp:hearingTypes original jurisdiction
appeals
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label High Court of Australia
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Stephen_Gageler
gptkbp:location gptkb:Canberra
gptkbp:nickname HCA
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Australian_Communist_Party_v_Commonwealth
gptkb:Cole_v_Whitfield
gptkb:Dietrich_v_The_Queen
gptkb:Lange_v_Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation
gptkb:Love_v_Commonwealth
gptkb:Mabo_v_Queensland_(No_2)
gptkb:Plaintiff_S157/2002_v_Commonwealth
gptkb:Roach_v_Electoral_Commissioner
gptkb:Williams_v_Commonwealth
gptkbp:notableJudge gptkb:Gareth_Evans
gptkb:Dyson_Heydon
gptkb:H.V._Evatt
gptkb:Isaac_Isaacs
gptkb:Mary_Gaudron
gptkb:Michael_Kirby
gptkb:Susan_Kiefel
gptkbp:opened 1980
gptkbp:openToPublic open to the public
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Judiciary_of_Australia
gptkbp:termLength until age 70
gptkbp:website https://www.hcourt.gov.au/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Australian
gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4