AGLC4 Rule 2.4.3: Joint and Separate Judgments
Where a judge delivers the judgment of the court, add for the Court after that judge's name. Where a judge delivers a judgment on behalf of named judges including themselves, add for and the names of all of them. Do not use this form where the other judges gave their own concurring reasons.
AGLC4 page 61
Formatting
- The words sit inside the roman judge bracket after the delivering judge's name.
- for is lower case and Court has a capital C.
- Where named judges are listed after for, all of them are named, including the delivering judge, with the plural title after the last name.
- Concurring judges with their own reasons are shown under rule 2.4.2 instead.
Examples
Quoted from the Guide, page 61- 100Ewart v Fox [1954] VLR 699, 705 (Hudson AJ for the Court).
- 101Taylor v McQueen [1954] VLR 661, 666 (Hudson J for Gavan Duffy and Hudson JJ).
Forms in the rule
Quoted from the Guide, page 61- ‘for the Court’
See also
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