Number of Appellants, Federal Government

Number of Appellants, Non-Corporate Entity

Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Employer, including government where litigation in capacity as employer
Federal government, including non-corporate and corporate entities, and Commonwealth companies (e.g. NBN)
Heir or beneficiary, or person claiming to be
Injured person, economic (including defamed person)
IP rights-holder (e.g. patent holder, author, copyright holder)
Medical professional, including doctor, dentist etc
Migrant, all classifications, including persons seeking to migrate to Australia
Military, including army, navy, airforce
Public interest group (including environmental, social rights etc)
Real property holder, individual or collective of individuals
State government (including local government entities, e.g., city council)
State government official (including local government officials, e.g., city councillor)
Unemployed person, including applicant for unemployment benefits
Vulnerable person (defined as child, disabled person (mental or physical), elderly person, indigent person, etc)
Person discriminating against another in discrimination action
Individual, unable to be characterised by any other designation in party list

Number of Respondents, Federal Government

Number of Respondent, Non-Corporate Entity

Manner in which Court takes Jurisdiction General

leave (appellate)—from High Court justice exercising original jurisdiction
special leave (appellate)—from any court exercising original jurisdiction upon remittal from HCA
special leave (appellate)—from lower federal court
special leave (appellate)—from state or territory supreme court
special leave (appellate)—other
removal from lower court (pursuant to Sec 40, Judiciary Act)
appeal as of right
original (Constitution, section 75)
original—all matters arising under the Constitution or involving its interpretation
original—trials of indictable offenses against the laws of the Commonwealth
reference—matter referred to full court by single justice (Judiciary Act sec 18)
special—Court of Disputed Returns
other
Not Applicable