The Commonwealth Law Reports (CLR) are the authorised reports of decisions of the High Court of Australia

High Court of Australia

The High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of Australia and the parliaments of the States, and...

. The CLR are published by the Lawbook Company, a division of Thomson Reuters

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. James Merralls QC has been editing the Reports since 1969.

"Being the authorised reports, every judgment and headnote is checked by the judges of the High Court before inclusion in the Commonwealth Law Reports.

Each reported judgment includes a comprehensive headnote, written by an expert reporter, and approved by the High Court.