The federal and state courts on constitutional law: The 2018 term

In this article I propose to focus on three decisions handed down by the State and federal courts during 2018. Each of these decisions relates to Ch III of the Constitution. One is a decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal, sitting as a bench of five Judges. The next is a decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal of the Supreme Court of South Australia. And the third is a decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia. The proposition that I seek to develop in this article is that each of these cases makes a substantial contribution to the case law on Ch III of the Constitution, either by considering a new issue or by applying principles laid down by the High Court in a new context.