The Australian companion to caselaw · Beta
Everything you need to ace the Priestley 11
100 hand-curated AGLC4 case briefs across all 11 compulsory subjects, with 22 dominant casebooks mapped per subject — for JD and LLB students at Sydney, Melbourne, ANU, UNSW, Monash, UQ, and beyond.
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Lithgow City Council v Jackson
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Landmark High Court authorities every Priestley student must know
Hocking v Director-General of the National Archives of Australia
landmarkPell v The Queen
landmarkMann v Paterson Constructions Pty Ltd
landmarkUBS AG v Tyne
landmarkBauer v The Queen
landmarkHossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
landmarkBrown v Tasmania
landmarkHughes v The Queen
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Priestley 11 — eleven compulsory subjects
Common-law and code-state doctrine on actus reus, mens rea, defences, inchoate offences, homicide. Criminal procedure splits state-by-state.
Negligence, intentional torts, vicarious liability, nervous shock, defamation. Civil Liability Acts overlay the common law.
Formation, terms, performance, vitiating factors, frustration, breach, remedies. Australian Consumer Law statutory layer.
Real and personal property, leases, easements, mortgages, equitable interests. Torrens title is the spine.
Express trusts, fiduciary duties, breach of confidence, equitable estoppel, equitable remedies and defences.
Judicial review, ADJR Act grounds, procedural fairness, jurisdictional error, merits review, the Migration Act regime.
Heads of power, separation of powers, implied freedoms, federal structure, judicial federalism, executive power.
Pleadings, interlocutory applications, discovery, costs, ADR, cross-vesting between federal and state courts.
Uniform Evidence Acts (Cth, NSW, Vic, Tas, ACT, NT) plus common-law states. Hearsay, opinion, character, tendency, coincidence.
Incorporation, directors' duties, members' rights, takeovers, insolvency. Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) is the primary text.
Solicitors' and barristers' conduct rules, candour, confidentiality, conflicts, costs disclosure, trust accounting.
Study tools
Built like the UK side. Adapted for Australia.
100 AGLC4 briefs across the Priestley 11.
Subject-by-subject casebook map and key authorities.
Generate AGLC 4th-edition citations live.
High Court decisions every JD knows cold.
Sydney, Melbourne, ANU, UNSW, Monash, UQ + 6 more.
AustLII attribution, NSW Caselaw, HCA, Federal Court.
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What's live, and what's shipping next
- •High Court of Australia — landmark decisions
- •Federal Court / FCAFC — top admin & migration
- •State Courts of Appeal (NSW, Vic, Qld, WA, SA)
- •100 AGLC4 case briefs
- •22 dominant casebooks across all 11 subjects
- •AGLC 4th edition citation engine
- •Priestley 11 subject hubs (Federal + State)
- •AustLII source link on every brief
- •Postgres FTS keyword search
- •Stripe AUD products + GST 10% (Stripe Tax)
- •PLT add-on: College of Law, Leo Cussen, ANU GDLP
- •Past papers from each LLB / JD program
- •Quizzes scoped to Priestley subjects
- •AI tutor citing Australian authorities
- •Spaced-repetition flashcards
- •Bar / Readers Course content (NSW, Vic)
- •iOS app jurisdiction switcher
- •Semantic / vector search
FAQ
Frequently asked
What's actually live on /au today?+
100 AGLC4 case briefs across all 11 Priestley subjects (High Court of Australia, Federal Court, NSW/Vic/Qld/WA/SA Courts of Appeal), 22 dominant casebooks mapped per subject, AGLC 4th edition citation engine at /au/cite, schools register, sources page. Briefs cover facts, issues, holding, ratio, obiter, significance, AGLC4 citation, and key authorities ordered HCA-first.
Where do the cases come from?+
AustLII is the spine (free non-commercial educational use, full attribution on every page). We follow AustLII's bulk-dump etiquette — email [email protected] for research access, respectful 1-req/sec fallback otherwise. We never train AI on bulk AustLII text. NSW Caselaw Open Data API (structured JSON) and direct Federal Court / High Court indexes round out coverage.
Why the Priestley 11?+
Eleven subjects every Australian admitting authority requires for legal practice — Criminal, Torts, Contracts, Property, Equity (incl. Trusts), Administrative, Federal & State Constitutional, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Company, and Professional Conduct. Hit those well and you cover ~95% of LLB and JD demand across all 39 CALD law schools.
How does this compare to StudentVIP?+
StudentVIP charges A$29–A$79 per subject for materials of variable quality. caselaw·AU will charge A$9.99/mo for the lot — Priestley 11 briefs, casebook-mapped notes, AGLC4 citation engine, AI tutor — and keep adding rather than fragmenting. Free in beta until Stripe AUD products are wired.
Are citations AGLC4-compliant?+
Yes. AGLC 4th edition (Melbourne University Law Review). Case names italicised per rule 1.4.1; round brackets for reporter year (CLR, ALR, FCR), square brackets for medium-neutral (HCA, FCAFC, NSWCA). Cite tool at /au/cite generates correct strings live.
What about PLT?+
PLT prep (College of Law, Leo Cussen, ANU GDLP, UTS, UNSW) ships as an add-on at A$29/mo at full launch. The Priestley 11 backbone is the larger product line.
Source attribution
Judgments are sourced via the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII), NSW Caselaw Open Data, the High Court of Australia (hcourt.gov.au) and the Federal Court of Australia (judgments.fedcourt.gov.au). Briefs are written editorially in AGLC 4th edition. caselaw never bulk-trains AI on AustLII judgment text.