List of Federal Court of Australia cases

The following is a list of notable cases that have been considered by the Federal Court of Australia.

Year Case Area of law Comment
1979 Drake v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs Immigration
1984 Hunter Valley Developments Pty Ltd v Cohen
1994 Milpurrurru v Indofurn Pty Ltd
1999 Nulyarimma v Thompson
2001 Telstra Corporation Ltd v Desktop Marketing Systems Pty Ltd Copyright
2001 Ruddock v Vadarlis Immigration
2002 We Two Pty Ltd v Shorrock
2003 Commissioner of Taxation v La Rosa Taxation Money from drug-dealing was assessable income; expenses incurred in drug-dealing were deductible.
2005 Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk Peoples v Victoria Native title First successful native title claim in south-eastern Australia
2007 Silberberg v The Builders Collective of Australia Inc Liability of Internet forum operators for racial vilification
2007 Forestry Tasmania v Brown Environmental law
2010 Keech v Metropolitan Health Service Anti-discrimination
2010 ACCC v Cabcharge Australia Ltd Competition and consumer law Cabcharge admitted to predatory pricing and was fined $15 million.
2010 Getup Ltd v Electoral Commissioner Electoral law
2011 Eatock v Bolt Anti-discrimination
2011 Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd
2016 Wotton v Queensland (No 5) (Palm Island class action) Anti-discrimination The excessive and disproportionate response of the Queensland Police Service was racial discrimination.
2017 Director of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Gibson Competition and consumer law Wellness blogger Belle Gibson made misleading and deceptive claims to have cancer, contrary to the Australian Consumer Law
2021 Barilaro v Shanks-Markovina
2023 ASIC v GetSwift Ltd Competition and consumer law Businessmen Joel Macdonald and Bane Hunter were awarded Australia's largest ever penalties for breaching continuous disclosure rules

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