 Selected volumes of the CLRs. | |
| Editors | Paul Vout KC and Peter Willis SC |
|---|---|
| Subject | Law Report |
| Publisher | Lawbook Co., a division of Thomson Reuters |
Publication date | April 1903– |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print / Online |
The Commonwealth Law Reports (CLR) (ISSN 0069-7133) are the authorised reports of decisions of the High Court of Australia.[1] The Commonwealth Law Reports are published by the Lawbook Company, a division of Thomson Reuters. James Merralls AM QC was the editor of the Reports from 1969 until his death in 2016.[2] The current editors are Paul Vout KC and Peter Willis SC.
Each reported judgment includes a headnote written by an expert reporter (by convention, a practising barrister) which, as an authorised report, has been approved by the High Court. The current reporters are as follows:
- Hannah Canham
- Roshan Chaile
- Bora Kaplan
- James McComish
- William Newland
- Jakub Patela
- Stephen Puttick
- Daniel Reynolds
- Marcus Roberts
- Alexander Solomon-Bridge
- Ahmed Terzic
- Julia Wang
- Michael Wells
- Radhika Withana
The headnotes include a summary of counsel's legal arguments. The Reports also include tables of cases reported, affirmed, reversed, overruled, applied or judicially commented on and cited.
The Reports are available in PDF format from Westlaw AU.[3] Scans of the first 100 volumes of the Reports, covering cases from 1903 to 1959, were freely published on the High Court's website and on BarNet JADE as part of the One-100 project.[4][5]
- ^ "Commonwealth Law Reports". Thomson Reuters Australia. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ French, Robert (29 May 2009). James Merralls' AM QC 40 Years as Commonwealth Law Reports Editor (PDF) (Speech). Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "Westlaw AU". Thomson Reuters Australia. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "One-100 Project". High Court of Australia e-Resources. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "One-100". openlaw.org.au. Retrieved 1 November 2022.