
High Court Justices Agree to Agree
Dissenting is out and agreement is in vogue at the High Court of Australia, a study from the University of New South Wales has revealed. The annual survey of the court’s decision making found an increase in unanimous decisions in 2014, with 43% of cases attracting unanimous judgments, up from 38% the year before. “The last two years are very similar to the first two under Chief Justice French,” Professors Andrew Lynch and George Williams of their report. “In 2009 and 2010, th