ON 8 JULY 1975, the Commonwealth Privy Council (Appeals from the High Court) Act 1975 commenced, abolishing appeals from the High Court of Australia to the Privy Council.
ON 11 NOVEMBER 1903, the High Court of Australia delivered it’s first decision in the case of Dalgarno v Hannah [1903] HCA 1; (1903) 1 CLR 1 (11 November 1903).
ON THIS DAY in 1824, the Supreme Court of New South Wales was established by an official reading of the UK third Charter of Justice dated 13 October 1823.