News: The High Court sets a time and venue

You are cordially invited…:

Please be advised that the High Court will deliver the following judgments in the next week:

Thursday, 12 December 2013 at 12:15 pm in Court No.2 Parkes Place, Canberra

Plaintiff M76/2013 v Minister for Immigration Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship & Ors(M76/2013)

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v TPG Internet Pty Ltd(M98/2013)

The Commonwealth of Australia v. The Australian Capital Territory(C13/2013)

The third case is the same-sex marriage case. This announcement (from the High Court’s Judgment Delivery Notification alert service) confirms the ‘hopes’ that French CJ expressed at the end of Tuesday’s hearings. Barring an unlikely retraction, the validity of the ACT’s marriage law will be known on December 12. Indeed, it will be known not too long after 12.15pm that day. The announcement also reveals two further details: the venue and who else is in the order of ceremonies. Continue reading