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High Court upholds decision to deny protection visa to Nepali student being deported for 14 counts of obtaining financial advantage through deception against other Nepali immigrants, where he feared retribution in Nepal | @6NewsAU

US Supreme Court in birthright citizenship decision: If the common law is the ‘law of the land’ and applies equally to citizens and aliens (foreigners) then both are equally entitled to benefit from the same rights | @6NewsAU @GovCheck6

Justice Beach in an immigration case today: ‘the primitive patriarchal practice of [female genital] mutilation countenanced and apparently informally enforced in Malaysia … could present a real risk to the appellant’s daughters” which may justify a protection visa | @6NewsAU

High Court to hand down decisions in the following on 8 April: CCDM v India: waiver of foreign state immunity for enforcement of tribunal arbitration awards King v AR: convictions for using child abuse material and discussing sexual activities with/grooming minors | @6NewsAU

"Manifestly hopeless and therefore an abuse of process" - High Court continues to refuse to hear claim by Zhanyu Zhong that his 2001 conviction for trying to hire an undercover cop to kill his wife was a 'human rights abuse' A High Court thread | @6NewsAU @GovCheck6

The NZYQ saga continues! After the High Court struck down the government's first attempt to impose curfews and ankle monitors on refugees released from immigration detention under NZYQ, it's second attempt has ended up back in court. A High Court judgment thread | @6NewsAU

Unsurprisingly, the 3 Democrat-appointed judges voted against it, with the moderate Chief Justice Roberts and Gorsuch both opposing it, which was likely, but an interesting flip by Justice Barrett. Although Barrett disagreed with Gorsuch’s ‘straw man’ argument

High Court unanimously rules that the use of the 'House Bed & Bath' as name for new line of stores by Global Retail Brands Australia for new stores deceptively and unlawfully infringes on 'Bed Bath & Table' trademark | @6NewsAU @GovCheck6

High Court rules that when part of a visa application is partly English and partly a foreign language, the entire document cannot be discarded for being untranslated | @6NewsAU @GovCheck6

#BREAKING🚨 High Court unanimously rules that denying visa to Candace Owens Farmer for risk of 'inciting discord' does not breach the implied freedom of political communication and is lawful | @6NewsAU @GovCheck6

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Brisbane hospital to pay patient up to $4.7 million in damages to allow for at-home care after negligent treatment for 'nausea and generalised abdominal pain' left patient with brain damage | @6NewsAU @GovCheck6 A High Court case thread: