Legal publications
2024
The Weight of Expectations: Ismail v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] HCA 2
An analysis of the interpretation of the Expectations of the Australian Community consideration under the Direction in visa cancellation cases.
2023
An analysis of the High Court's decision in Davis for the Winter 2023 Bar News magazine.
2022
Justice deferred: Plaintiff M1/2021 v Minister for Home Affairs
An analysis of the practical consequences of the High Court's decision in Plaintiff M1/2021 v Minister for Home Affairs (M1).
2020
The confused construction of ‘non-refoulement’ in the Ministerial Directions for visa cancellations
An overview of the interpretation and application of Ministerial Directions in the visa cancellation case law.
2019
The Erosion of Fairness in Australia’s Refugee Framework
A guest post for the University of Oxford on Australia’s ‘fast track’ merits review system and asylum seekers’ reduced rights before the Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA).
2014
Lawyer-Client Confidentiality at Risk Following Strasbourg’s Decision in Öcalan v Turkey
The European Court of Human Rights’ missed opportunity to confine the creeping interference with legal privilege that has characterised the post 9/11 world.