The Petal from JADE OpenLaw
The Petal Daily Brief — the day in Australian law, on your perambulations. Each weekday morning the Host and our desk correspondents (Criminal, Commercial, Public Law, Practice & Procedure, Tax & Revenue, Tribunals and the Trans-Tasman Desk) bring you the decisions that matter from Australia's and New Zealand's courts and tribunals, selected for what they say about legal principle.
Produced from The Petal, the curated daily editions of BarNet OpenLaw's Jade Ledger — read the judgments at ledger.jade.io. Reviewed under OpenLaw's content and podcasting standard; the voices in this program are AI-generated. Theme music by Michael Green SC. Nothing in this program is legal advice.
Episodes
118 episodes
Western Australia (1 September 2026)
One state, every court, one brief. Four decisions, led by a mining group against its own former global law firm over where the fee fight belongs.Features.Eepl Holdings v Clifford Chance [2026] WASC 368 - anti-ar...
Victoria (1 September 2026)
One state, every court, one brief. Six decisions, led by the five member bench on limitation extensions, with the state practitioner's angle, and two quiet workhorses from equity.Features.Northern Grampians Shire Co...
Australian Tribunals (1 September 2026)
The nation's tribunals, one brief. Six decisions across three tribunals, led by an enforcement fight over what a decades old approval actually approved.Features.Mason and Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale [2026] WASAT ...
South Australia (1 September 2026)
One state, every court, one brief. A single decision that maps the youth jurisdiction: does mandatory licence disqualification bite at referral to a family conference.Features.Question of Law Reserved No 1 of 2025 [...
Queensland (1 September 2026)
One state, every court, one brief. Three decisions: two sexual offence appeals treated with care, and the costs review judgment every assessing practitioner will bookmark.Features.R v GBX [2026] QCA 161 - jury n...
New South Wales (1 September 2026)
One state, every court, one brief. Six decisions, led by a work injury damages judgment built like a manual, and the costs of a case that settled before anyone won.Features.Pratt v Ditton [2026] NSWSC 1041 - fiv...
Australian Federal Courts (1 September 2026)
Every federal courtroom, one brief. Fifteen decisions, led by the shared native title determination over contested country, and a judge directing big litigation to investigate AI.Features.Gilla on behalf of the Yugu...
Australian Courts of Appeal (1 September 2026)
The nation's appellate benches, one brief. Ten decisions, led by a five member Victorian bench on the standard of review for limitation extensions. Two Queensland sexual offence appeals, with care.Features.Northern ...
Australian Capital Territory (1 September 2026)
One territory, every court, one brief. Five decisions, led by the slip and fall that failed in the annexures, and the territory's manual for treatment orders.Features.Almazaydeh v Gajjh United Pty Ltd [2026] ACTSC 3...
Casebook: Good Faith — United Group Rail
The pilot of The Petal: Casebook — one landmark case per episode, taught properly for law students. First up: United Group Rail Services Limited v Rail Corporation New South Wales [2009] NSWCA 177, the decision that made a promise to neg...
The Petal: Apex — UKSC Edition · 31 August 2026
The Petal: Apex, edition 2 — eight decisions of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (The Petal's UKSC Edition, 31 August 2026), reported from London by Rupert, with commentary for home from Harriet (Sydney) and Koro (Wellington), and cameos...
Western Australia (31 August 2026)
One state, every court, one brief. Seven decisions, six from the Court of Appeal, and a criminal law day in the west. The lead, with care: the anatomy of a pretext call.Features.Di Ciano v The State of Western Austr...
Victoria (31 August 2026)
One state, every court, one brief. Three decisions: a will rescued by a file note, the email that counted as a signed notice, and the single punch appeal at home.Features.Re McGregor [2026] VSC 556 - will rectif...
Australian Tribunals (31 August 2026)
Twelve decisions from VCAT, where most Australians actually meet the law. The lead is the co-ownership judgment every property lawyer will bookmark: a complete template for court-ordered sale.Features.Tesch v Kyratz...
South Australia (31 August 2026)
One state, every court, one brief. A quiet list of three, led by the final accounting of a motor accident case: $2.2m at trial, and a $1.885m repayment order at the end.Features.Motor Accident Commission v Raccanell...
Queensland (31 August 2026)
One state, every court, one brief. A quiet Monday of two, both worth their place: an acquittal eight years on, and the costs of economy in argument.Features.R v Cronn [2026] QCA 159 - statements against interest...
New South Wales (31 August 2026)
One state, every court, one brief. Seven decisions, led by the irrigators' class action against the Murray-Darling Basin Authority - dismissed across sixteen common questions.Features.Doyle's Farm Produce v Murray-D...
Australian Federal Courts (31 August 2026)
Six decisions from the Federal Court. The lead: a payday lender's algorithm watched customers' bank accounts and helped itself - seven unfair terms, hundreds of thousands of contraventions, a $3.5m penalty.Features....
Australian Courts of Appeal (31 August 2026)
Seven decisions from five appellate courts, and a criminal law day. The lead from Sydney rewrites subpoena practice in criminal trials: if the prosecutor disclosed it, the disclosure is the starting point.Features.R...
Australian Capital Territory (31 August 2026)
Brand new: the first Australian Capital Territory edition. One territory, every court, one brief. Four decisions from the ACT Supreme Court to open the account.Features.Demczyszyn v ACT Height Safety Pty Ltd (in liq...
Western Australia (28–30 August 2026)
One state, every court, one brief. Western Australia for the weekend: six Supreme Court decisions, and costs is the theme, led by when a hopeless case earns indemnity costs and why fabrication must be put squarely.Features.
Victoria (28–30 August 2026)
One state, every court, one brief. Victoria for the weekend: a single decision, and no padding, but every litigator who has asked to vacate a trial date should hear it.Features.Manda Capital Holdings Pty Ltd v Pappa...
Australian Tribunals (28–30 August 2026)
Where most people actually meet the law: thirteen decisions from three tribunals. The lead is an appeal panel finding a constructive failure to exercise jurisdiction, claims pleaded but never decided. Reported with care: pseudonymised and disci...
