Cases - Australia (Federal)
Courts | Tribunals | Commissions | Other
AustLII Case Resources
AustLII is the best source for free access to decisions in Australian courts and tribunals
Case databases and citators
Subscription databases
These are available to Deakin staff and students and include
- Australian Law Reports (LexisNexis Australia)
- Casebase (LexisNexis Australia)
- Commonwealth Law Reports (CCH)
- Victorian reports (LexisNexis Australia)
- Unreported state and federal judgments (LexisNexis Australia)
- And more ... including specialist reports (Admin, Trade Practices etc)
Free International Case Citator
From AustLII - launched 1 December 2008
Findlaw
Recent caselaw - state and federal - searchable
Federal Courts
High Court
High Court of Australia Cases (at AustLII)
All reported and unreported decisions of the High Court from 1903 are available online
Federal Court
Family CourtFederal Court of Australia - Full Court decisions
Decisions of the full Court of the Federal Court from 1 January 2002. Full Court decisions prior to this date are available here.Federal Court of Australia Cases (at AustLII)
'This database contains both single Judge and Full Court decisions from 1 February 1977 to 31 December 2001. From 1 January 2002, it contains single Judge decisions only.'
Family Court of Australia Cases (at AustLII)
'This database contains decisions of the Family Court of Australia from 1988 as selected by the Court.'
Industrial Relations Court
Industrial Relations Court of Australia (at AustLII)
'This database contains decisions of the Industrial Relations Court of Australia from its commencement in 1994. The decisions are as provided by the Court.'
Federal Magistrates Court
Federal Magistrates Court of Australia Decisions (at AustLII)
Federal Magistrates Court of Australia - Family Law Decisions (at AustLII)
Federal Tribunals
Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Decisions (at AustLII)
'This database contains the full text decisions of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal since 1976 as selected by the Tribunal'Administrative Appeals Tribunal Decisions (Tribunal site)
Includes recent decisions and links to consolidated decisions at AustLII
Australian Competition Tribunal
Australian Competition Tribunal (at AustLII)
'This database contains selected decisions of the Australian Competition Tribunal from 1997.'
Copyright Tribunal
Copyright Tribunal Decisions (at AustLII)
'This database contains selected decisions of the Copyright Tribunal from 1997.'
Defence Force Discipline Tribunal
Immigration Review Tribunal
Immigration Review Tribunal Decisions (at AustLII)
'This database contains the full text decisions of the Immigration Review Tribunal from 1990 as selected by the Tribunal'
Migration Review Tribunal
Migration Review Tribunal Decisions (at AustLII)
From 1 June 1999 - part of the AustLII database. Perform a global search, database search, casename search, view an alphabetical list or view a list of recent cases.
National Native Title Tribunal
National Native Title Tribunal Decisions (at AustLII)
'This database contains the full text decisions of the National Native Title Tribunal from 1994 as selected by the Tribunal.'
Refugee Review Tribunal
Refugee Review Tribunal Decisions (at AustLII)
'This database contains the full text of all decisions of the Refugee Review Tribunal and currently contains over 8,000 decisions. The data is provided by the Tribunal on a weekly basis'
Federal Commissions
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Authorisations and Notifications Register
From the ACCC websiteMergers and Acquisitions Register
From the ACCC websiteOther ACCC Registers
Including access, pricing, product safety etc
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Decisions (at AustLII)
Industrial Relations Commission
Industrial Relations Commission decisions from 1988 (through AustLII)
'This database contains decisions of the Industrial Relations Commission of Australia as provided by the Department of Industrial Relations.'
Other Federal Decisions
Australian Designs Office
Australian Designs Office Decisions (at AustLII)
'This database contains selected decisions of the Australian Designs Office from 1983.'
Australian Patent Office
Australian Patent Office Decisions (at AustLII)
'This database contains selected decisions of the Australian Patent Office from 1981.'
Australian Press Council
Australian Press Council Decisions
AustLII database - decisions since 1976
Australian Trade Mark Office
Australian Trade Mark Office Decisions (at AustLII)
'This database contains selected decisions of the Australian Trade Marks Office from 1991.'
Australian Industrial Property Organisation
Australian Industrial Property Organisation Decisions from 1981 (through AustLII)
Federal Privacy Commissioner
