(Sun, 28 Jun 2009 c. 22.54)
Last week, the High Court heard argument in Fellowes v Military Rehabilitation and Competition Commission: [2009] HCATrans 148, [2009] HCATrans 149.
I mention this, because I think this is the first time that a majority of a High Court bench hearing a case (as opposed to an application for special leave) is women: it is being heard by Hayne, Heydon, Crennan, Kiefel, and Bell JJ.
(French CJ couldn’t sit because he was one of the members of the court from which the appeal was brought: Fellowes v Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission (2008) 170 FCR 531; [2008] FCAFC 140.)
