Appendix 8: Judges' Activities

Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2015-2016

Chief Justice Allsop
Justice Mansfield
Justice Dowsett
Justice Kenny
Justice Siopis
Justice Greenwood
Justice Rares
Justice Collier
Justice Tracey
Justice Middleton
Justice Logan
Justice McKerracher
Justice Jagot
Justice Foster
Justice Barker
Justice Yates
Justice Bromberg
Justice Katzmann
Justice Robertson
Justice Murphy
Justice Ross
Justice Griffiths
Justice Pagone
Justice Mortimer
Justice Rangiah
Justice Wigney
Justice Perry
Justice Edelman

Chief Justice Allsop

Date	Activity
1–3 Jul 2015	Attended the London CIArb Centenary Conference: 'The London Principles' hosted at The London Guildhall. He presented a paper entitled 'Courts and arbitration as partners in the international dispute resolution project' which has been published by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
20 Aug	Attended the Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture, in memory of Justice Richard Ellard Cooper, a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia held at the Court in Brisbane.
5–6 Sep 12–13 Sep	LAWS7865 Maritime Law lecturing at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland.
16 Sep	Attended the 42nd Annual AMTAC Address held at the Federal Court in Perth.
17 Sep	Chaired the AMTAC Conference session entitled 'International Law'.
17 Sep	Attended the Perth launch of CIArb Centenary Celebration at Clyde & Co. Opened the event and gave a short speech.
21 Sep	Requested by the French Australian Lawyers Society to be involved in the Henri Capitant book project. He wrote two chapters that will be translated into French for the book project. The two chapters were: Chapter 3: Sources of Methods of Law (written by Chief Justice Allsop and Kathleen Morris); and Chapter 11: Restitution and Unjust Enrichment (written by Chief Justice Allsop and Justice Edelman).
23 Sep	Attended the Australian Disputes Centre and Melbourne Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Centre's inaugural joint seminar in Sydney. He delivered a speech entitled 'The Development and adoption of an 'Australian Commercial Law'.
25 Sep	Attended Conference in honour of Professor Paul Finn in Canberra and delivered speech 'Conscience, Fair-Dealing and Commerce – Parliaments and the Courts'. The speech is to be published in a book to be published by Federation Press and will also be published in the Australian Law Journal.
1 Oct	Attended the public lecture by the Right Hon the Lord Igor Judge 'Magna Carta: Destiny or Accident?' held at the Federal Court, Sydney.
9 Oct	Attended the Victorian Bar and Law Institute Victoria Conference 2015 participating in panel session entitled 'New Standards in Regulatory Matters: litigation as a regulatory tool'.
27 Oct	Delivered the second James Spigelman Oration entitled 'Values in Public Law' which is to be published in The Judicial Review and Australian Law Journal.
4 Nov	Presented a paper at the Forbes Society Australian Legal History Tutorial entitled 'Restitution: Some Historical Remarks'. The paper is to be published in the Australian Law Journal.
5 Nov	Attended a Baker & McKenzie and the French Australian Lawyers Society joint event on the occasion of the visit of the Paris Bar delegation to Australia.
6 Nov	Attended a meeting at the Federal Court Sydney with the Chief Justice of Myanmar and Justice Takdir Rahmadi, representing the Chief Justice of Indonesia.
6 Nov	Attended the opening of the LawAsia Conference in Sydney.
7–8 Nov	Attended the 16th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific in Sydney and gave an address entitled 'Comity & Commerce'.
9 Nov	Chief Justice Allsop participated and presented a paper at the LawAsia Conference Plenary Session entitled 'Asia as a Law Area – a case study on commercial law and arbitration'.
11 Nov	Attended and spoke at the launch of the CommBar Equitable briefing initiative at the Federal Court in Melbourne.
11 Nov	Attended the Commercial CPD Seminar held at Monash Law University. He presented a joint paper entitled 'The Role of the Courts in Commercial Arbitration' with the Honourable Justice Croft from the Supreme Court of Victoria.
12 Nov	Attended the Law Society Planning Conference 2015 at Hydro Majestic Hotel, Medlow Bath. The session he presented was 'Access to Justice: A Judicial Perspective'.
17 Nov	Attended the New South Wales Bar Association invitation event 'Tipping the Scales' held in The Banco Court.
24 Nov	Presented the Opening Address at the ACICA/CIArb (Australia) and BLS 3rd International Arbitration Conference 'Opportunities and challenges for dispute resolution in the next century' held in Sydney.
25 Nov	Attended by invitation to 'A Masterclass on Evidence and Procedure in International Arbitration: – is there a Global Best Practice?' from the Australian Branch of the International Law Association for Arbitration Week.
25 Nov	Attended the 14th Annual Clayton Utz International Arbitration Lecture 2015 entitled 'Dynamics, discretion and diversity – A recipe for unpredictability in international arbitration?' held at the Federal Court, Sydney.
26 Nov	Attended the Indigenous Imprisonment Symposium organised by the Law Council of Australia.
1-5 Dec	Attended The Hague Conference on Private International Law. He was chair of the Experts' Group Meeting on the Use of Video-link and Other Modern Technologies in the Taking of Evidence Abroad.
19 Dec	Attended Contracts in Commercial Law Conference at the Domain Theatre, Art Gallery of New South Wales. He presented a paper in Session 5: Breach and Termination entitled 'Characterisation of contractual terms and commercial relationships'. This paper is due to be published in Thomson Reuters publication which is a collection of papers presented at the conference entitled Contracts in Commercial Law (2016).
2016
21–22 Jan 2016	Attended 'Doing business across Asia: Legal Convergence in an Asian Century, International Conference' in Singapore. He spoke on Panel 2 – Asian Economic Expansion – The role of legal and regulatory frameworks.
1 Feb	Spoke at the Community Opening of the Legal Term in Waldron Hall, County Court, Melbourne.
8 Feb	Attended the Ceremonial sitting to mark the Fiftieth Anniversary of the first sitting of the Court of Appeal in the Banco Court.
11 Feb	Attended the Annual Bannerman Competition Lecture at Herbert Smith Freehills, Melbourne.
6-8 Mar	Attended seminar between the Federal Court of Australia and Supreme Court of Indonesia in Jakarta. He presented a paper entitled 'The role of the Judiciary in Maintaining Business Confidence: Seminar on The Role of the Legal Sector in Improving the Ease of Doing Business in Indonesia'.
16-18 Mar	Attended the National Judges Workshop in Melbourne.
13 Apr	Attended the Australian Insurance Law Association event at Norton Rose Fulbright, Melbourne. He discussed the Federal Court's commitment to providing commercial dispute mechanisms for the insurance community in a flexible, efficient and cost- effective manner through the newly established Insurance List for Short Matters as part of the National Court Framework reforms.
22 Apr	Attended the Industrial Bar Association and the Workplace Relations Section of the Law Institute of Victoria event held at the Federal Court Melbourne.
28-30 Apr	Attended the Council of Chief Justices meeting in Hobart, Tasmania.
3-6 May	Attended the 42nd International Comité Maritime International/Maritime Law Association of the United States 2016 New York Conference.
5 May	Gave a speech at the Nicholas J Healy Lecture on Admiralty Law entitled 'Comity and Unity in Maritime Law'.
8-11 May	Attended the ICCA Mauritius 2016 Conference at which he presented the keynote speech at the Second Plenary entitled 'International Arbitration and its Conformity with the Rule of Law'.
20 May	Attended the Judges and the Academy Seminar at Monash University Law Chambers as the judicial respondent to Jane Stapleton's paper on causation.
24 May	Attended the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (MLAANZ) – Proposed reform of the Commonwealth Marine Insurance Act 1909 meeting in the Federal Court, Sydney.
25 May	Attended the Ngara Yura seminar entitled 'Who speaks for Country' held at the Judicial Commission, Sydney.
30 May	A panellist at the CALD Research Workshop held at Melbourne Law School.
3 Jun	Attended the Future of Law Reporting in Australia Forum 2016 held in conjunction with the 36th Annual Meeting of the Consultative Council of Australian Law Reporting at Federal Court, Sydney.
14-16 Jun	Travelled to Myanmar for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Supreme Court of the Union of Myanmar and the Federal Court of Australia.
23 Jun	Attended as a special guest at the International Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Series launch event at Baker and McKenzie. Mr Justin Gleeson SC, Solicitor-General, Commonwealth of Australia delivered the keynote address.
27 Jun	Chair for the CIArb Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration event at the Federal Court, Sydney.

Justice Mansfield

12 Aug 2015	Chaired at the Law Society of South Australia Seminar entitled 'Native Title Update'
23 Oct	Attended the University of South Australia 13th Annual Competition Law and Economics Workshop
6 Nov	After Dinner Speaker at the SA Bar Association Annual Dinner
17 Feb 2016	Presented at WA Bar Association Annual Dinner – paper entitled: "The role of the Bar"
21 May	Presented at the Competition Law Conference, Sydney – paper entitled The Economic Philosophy Underlying the Competition and Consumer Act: 'Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it'
11 Jun	Presented After Dinner Speech at NT Bar Association Annual Dinner 2015–2016

Justice Dowsett

2015-2016	Remains: • a member of the Programs Advisory Committee of the National Judicial College of Australia • a Community Member of The College of Law and • the Chair of the University of Queensland Law School Advisory Board.
29 Jul 2015	Marked the 30th anniversary of his appointment to the Bench.
20 Aug	Attended the 2015 Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture, '"A Diminished Nation?": The "races" power, non discrimination and the Native Title Act', presented by Professor Jonathan Fulcher, Brisbane.
9 Sep	Chaired a meeting of the University of Queensland Law School Advisory Board, Brisbane.
7 Oct	Assisted with program development for the 'Dialogues on Being a Judge' Conference, Mt Lofty, South Australia; was co presenter to welcome participants and introduce the conference programme; was co presenter for the session 'Judicial reticence or public engagement; My view of the judges' role' and co chaired a panel discussion in respect of the sessions 'Judicial reticence and the public interest' and 'Judicial reticence or public engagement' and the plenary session.
17 Nov	Attended the 2015 Annual General Meeting of The College of Law, Sydney.
14-15 Dec	Attended the 'Private Law in the 21st Century' Conference, Brisbane.
25-27 Jan 2016	Welcomed Senator the Honourable George Brandis QC, the Commonwealth Attorney- General to the Supreme and Federal Court Judges' Conference held in Brisbane and introduced the session 'A panel and forum discussion on construction of contracts'.
5 Feb	Attended a combined meeting in Canberra of the National Judicial College of Australia Council and Programmes Advisory Committee to consider the Glanfield Report.
6-7 Feb	Attended the National Judicial College of Australia's 'Current Issues in Sentencing' Conference, Canberra.
11 Mar	Presided and co judged at the practice moot for the University of Queensland team prior to the Phillip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition World Rounds in Washington.
29 Apr	Chaired the session 'Collateral Litigation' at the Native Title Forum, Federal Court, Brisbane.
19 May	Presented the final address, 'The 20th Century – the Courts Quiescent! The 21st Century – the Courts Militant?' to the Bar Practice Course of 66 readers for the Bar Association of Queensland, Brisbane.
21 May	Chaired the session, 'Forecasting SLC: economics versus lawyers' at the Competition Law Conference, Sydney.
27 May	Attended a meeting of the Programmes Advisory Committee of the National Judicial College of Australia, Canberra.
30 June	Awarded an Honorary LLM and Honorary Fellowship of The College of Law.

Justice Kenny

2015–2016	Justice Kenny is a: • member of the Council of the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration • Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law • College Fellow of St Hilda's College, University of Melbourne • Chair, Asian Law Centre Advisory Board, Melbourne University Law School and • member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand
Aug 2015	Interviewee for a series of filmed interviews for students studying legal studies or law. Oct A member of the Selection Committee for Menzies Scholarships in Law.
Nov	Co-taught with Professor Adrienne Stone, 'Constitutional Rights and Freedoms', in the Masters' Program, Melbourne Law School.
Dec	Published 'Women at the IP Bar: A Case for Unpacking the "Merit" Ideal', 104 Intellectual Property Forum 19.
Feb 2016	Chaired session 'Developments from the Political Hotspot of NSW' at 2016 Constitutional Law Conference, Gilbert + Tobin Centre for Public Law UNSW, with the support of AACL.
March	Presented paper at authors' conference for Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution, edited by Laureate Professor Cheryl Saunders and Professor Adrienne Stone.
March	Published (with Christopher Sexton), 'A Tribute to the Honourable Dr Annabelle Bennett AP, SC' 104 Intellectual Property Forum 9.
Apr	Interviewed by the Menzies Foundation for series 'Scholars in action'.
May	Participated in External Review of the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, Melbourne Law School.
May	Participated in Academic Awards Dinner at St Hilda's College, University of Melbourne.
Jun	Contributed chapter, 'Evolution', to Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution, edited by Laureate Professor Cheryl Saunders and Professor Adrienne Stone

Justice Siopis

8 Apr 2016	Gave the welcome speech at Australian Women Lawyers Conference 2016.
17 May	Attended as an Event Ambassador for the Inaugural Law Access Walk for Justice held on National Pro Bono Day.
24 May	Presided at Jones Day Interlaw Trial Advocacy Championship Grand Final.

Justice Greenwood

1 Jul 2015 to 31 Dec2015	Participated in a series of organisational meetings for the National Integrity Conference sponsored by Griffith University.
Aug	Participated in the Bar Practice Course Native Title Seminar.
Aug	Attended the Sydney Competition Law Conference and chaired a session at the Conference.
Nov	Delivered lectures at the University of Queensland Law School on the topics of Federal jurisdiction and practice and procedure in the Federal Court of Australia.
1 Jan 2016 to 30 Jun 2016	Participated in a series of organisational meetings for the National Integrity Conference sponsored by Griffith University.
May	Delivered further lectures on Federal jurisdiction and practice and procedure in the Federal Court at the University of Queensland Law School.

Justice Rares

2015-2016	Justice Rares is: • President of the Judicial Conference of Australia since October 2014, having previously served as vice-President from 2013 • a member of the Board of Management of the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration and retired as a member of the Steering Committee of the National Judicial Orientation Program on 31 December 2015 • the Chairman of the Consultative Council of Australian Law Reporting • the Presiding Member of the Admiralty Rules Committee established under the Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth) and • a member of the Comité Maritime International's International Working Group on Offshore Activities.
7 Jul 15	Judging Panel Member – International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot Grand Final, Melbourne.
4–5 Sep	Guest speaker at opening session of annual Banking and Financial Services Law Association (BFSLA) Conference Speech titled 'Consistency and Conflict – Cross-Border Insolvency'.
16–18 Sep	Attended MLAANZ Annual Conference, Perth.
9–11 Oct	Delivered Speech to Judicial Conference of Australia Colloquium, Adelaide titled 'Why Magna Carta still matters'.
12–17 Oct	Attended 8th International Conference of Maritime Law hosted by Dalian Maritime University, China. Delivered speech on subject of Cross-Border Insolvency. Met with members of the SPC to discuss collaboration between the SPC and FCA.
20 Oct 17	Guest speaker at book launch of Dr Simon Blount's text Electronic Contracts (2nd ed).
17 Nov	Speaker at Twilight Seminar held by Society of Notaries of NSW, speech titled 'The Importance of Notaries in International Arbitrations and the Admiralty Jurisdiction'.
23–27 Jan 2016	Attended Supreme and Federal Court Judges Conference, Brisbane.
17 Feb	Delivered opening address to the MLAANZ Mini-Conference, Sydney.
15 Mar	Delivered address title 'Balancing judicial resources, case management and the imperatives of Class Actions in the interests of justice' to the UNSW Faculty of Law CLE/ CPD Seminar on Class Actions: Case management and Settlement Distributions in focus.
19 Apr	Guest lecturer at Tulane University Law School (New Orleans, Louisiana) with Professor Robert Force.
4–6 May	Attended the Comité Maritime International 2016 Colloquium in New York, USA and panellist with Judge Robert E Gerber and Professor Martin Davies on topic: 'Recent cross-border trends and developments affecting shipping insolvencies, including the interplay of maritime and bankruptcy law, and the potential need for a protocol to the UNCITRAL Model Law addressing in rem actions.'
12 May	Presented opening remarks to readers participating in the Federal Court of Australia practice day in the NSW Bar Practice Course.
21 May	Attended the Competition Law Conference and chaired session presented by Luke Woodward on the topic 'The Use and Misuse of Section 46', with a commentary by Dr Geoff Edwards of Charles River Associates.
27 May	Attended the joint Australian Institute of Judicial Administration and Judicial Conference of Australia symposium on 'Challenges of Social Media for Courts and Tribunals'; chaired session on Social Media and Courts and Tribunals – A view from Government with speaker Attorney-General George Brandis QC; moderated panel discussion on 'When social media is used maliciously or contemptuously to denigrate, threaten or cyberstalk judicial officers or tribunal members: the issues involved, can judicial officers and tribunal members be protected, and the potential for government response and panellist in session What can be done: the way forward'.
3 Jun	Chaired the 36th annual general meeting and open conference of the Consultative Council of Australian Law Reporting in Sydney.

Justice Collier

1 July 2015	Delivered a paper entitled 'The influence of the Magna Carta on Papua New Guinea law' at The Sir Salamo Injia Lecture Series at the University of Papua New Guinea.
23 Aug	Spoke at the Bar Association of Queensland Employment and Industrial Relations Conference 2015.
28 Aug	Participated on a judicial panel at the Queensland Law Society Senior Counsellors' Conference 2015.
4 Sep	Presented a paper entitled 'When little knowledge is a dangerous thing – some thoughts on the duties of directors and corporate officers in Australian law' at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Banking & Financial Services Law Association.
13-18 Sep	Facilitated a session 'Writing judgments and delivering ex tempore judgments' at the Commonwealth Magistrates' and Judges' Association 17th Triennial Conference in New Zealand.

Justice Tracey

2015–2016

Justice Tracey is a:
• member of the Advisory Board of the Centre of Public Law (University of Melbourne) and
• member of the Juris Doctor Advisory Board (Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University).

Justice Middleton

2015-2016	Justice Middleton is a: • Council Member of the University of Melbourne, Chairman of the University of Melbourne Foundation • member of the American Law Institute • member of Judicial Liaison Committee for Australian Centre for Commercial International Arbitration, • Board member of the Victorian Bar Foundation • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and • member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand.
3-10 Jul 2015	Attended the Australian Bar Association Conference held in Washington and Boston in the United States of America.
30 Sep	Chaired a symposium held by the Australian Law Reform Commission on the topic 'Fair trial, procedural fairness and other traditional rights', a symposium to discuss aspects of the ALRC Freedoms Inquiry.
9 Oct	Presented at the Victorian Bar's and Law Institute of Victoria's Conference 2015 concerning 'Thriving in an increasingly complex legal world', on a topic for panel discussion entitled 'The Four C's: Consumer & Competition Law; Class Actions; Contingency Fees'.
23 Oct	Attended function for the Australian Law Reform Commission – celebrating 40 years of law reform.
11 Nov	Attended the Launch of the CommBar Equitable Briefing Initiative.
3 Mar 17	Presented at Wotton + Kearney solicitors, on the Federal Court Insurance Law List. 8 Mar Chaired session for Monash University, Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies for the National Commercial Law Seminar Series on the topic 'Intellectual Property update: D'Arcy v Myriad and its implications for patent law'.
14 Apr	Delivered the 2016 Melbourne University Law Review Annual Lecture, entitled 'Statutory Interpretation – Mainly a Matter of Common Sense'.
28 Apr	Delivered a paper in conjunction with Mr David O'Callaghan QC to the Victorian Bar Readers' Course on 'Written Advocacy'.
10 May	Conversation with Professor Bryan Mercurio (from the Chinese University of Hong Kong) to discuss 'Does the international intellectual property framework need a facelift?' which was jointly held by the Federal Court and Melbourne Law School.
3 Jun	Presented at RACV to Legal Practioners regarding the Commercial and Company Practice Area.
7 Jun	Chaired Tax Bar Association Ethics Seminar Series on the topic 'Direct Briefing – How to do it, when to do it and ethical considerations'.

Justice Logan

2015-2016	Justice Logan is: • Chairman (until the end of March 2016) of the Queensland Bar Association's Annual Conference Committee • a member of the Board of Governors of Cromwell College within the University of Queensland • a member of the Queensland Bar Association's South Pacific Region Education Committee and • Co-Chairman of the Queensland Supreme Court Library's Ad Hoc Project Committee in respect of the Commemoration of the Service of Members and Prospective Members of the Queensland Legal Profession in the First World War.
19 Aug	As guest lecturer, delivered lecture at TC Beirne School of Law University of Queensland, lecture on 'Appeals to the Federal Court of Australia'.
Sep	Attended, at own expense, the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association Conference at Wellington, New Zealand and, on 16 September 2015, presented as a panel member a paper on 'Closing the Borders: Current Issues in Refugee Law'.
7–11 Sep	Participated again as a volunteer member of the Queensland Bar Association teaching team conducting a Commercial Litigation Workshop at the PNG Legal Training Institute in Port Moresby.
10–11 Nov	Attended the ANU/UNE Centenary of ANZAC Legal History Symposium in Armidale, NSW.
22 Jan 2016	Delivered a speech 'The Immortal Memory' in support of a toast to Robert Burns at the St Andrew's Society of Scotland (Queensland) Burns Supper.
23–27 Jan	Attended the Supreme and Federal Courts' Judges Conference, Brisbane.
18 Feb	As Project Committee Co-Chairman, addressed the Official Opening by the Queensland Chief Justice of the 'In Freedom's Cause' exhibition and related publication to the service of members and prospective members of the Queensland Legal Profession in the First World War.
27 Feb	Attended the Queensland Bar Association Annual Conference, Brisbane.
14 Apr	Chaired panel of judges for the Grand Final of the QUT Law Society's 2016 King & Wood Mallesons Senior Moot.
11 Mar	Member of judging panel for the University of Queensland Law School practice moot for the 2016 Jessup International Law Moot Competition.
16 Apr	Delivered a paper, 'What now for Defence Force Discipline Appeals?' at the Joint Services Legal Panel (South-East-Queensland) Training Day.
23 May	Attended and delivered as a panel member a paper on 'Statutory Construction' at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Members Conference, Twin Waters Resort, Sunshine Coast'.
9 Jun	Delivered a paper, 'The Relationship between Parliament, the Judiciary and the Executive ('The Latimer House Principles')' at the 27th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Seminar.
27 Jun	Chaired panel of judges for the University of Queensland Law School practice moot for the International Maritime Law Competition.

Justice McKerracher

2015–2016	Chaired several twilight Intellectual Property Seminars.
17 Jul 2015	Acted as a mock trial judge for the Australian Bar Association Essential Trial Advocacy Course.
16 Sep	Attended the MLAANZ Conference and delivered a paper entitled 'A Regional International Maritime Dispute Resolution Centre'.
13–16 Oct	Attended the 8th International Conference of Maritime Law (ICML 2015) in Dalian, China and delivered a paper on 'Maritime Litigation and Arbitration'.
25 Feb 2016	Chaired an Admiralty and Maritime Law Seminar in the WA Registry of the Federal Court.
26 Feb	Participated as a panellist at the Law Summer School on the topic of the 'Future of the Legal Profession'.
3 Mar	Chaired a Law Society of Western Australia Seminar on 'Recent Developments in Australian Consumer Law'.
6 May	Chaired a Piddington Pleadings Master Class Workshop hosted by Curtin Law School on 'Consumer Law and Unconscionable Conduct'.
23 May	Delivered annual address on Federal Jurisdiction to the Western Australian Bar Association Bar Readers' Course.
8 Jun	Delivered an after dinner address at the Royal Association of Justices of the Peace of WA (Inc), Stirling.

Justice Jagot

2 Sep 2015	Attended launch of, and delivered Keynote address at Asian Australian Lawyers' Association 2015 Mentoring Program Launch. Justice Jagot also acted as a mentor as part of this program.
12 Feb 2016	Chaired 'Recent Cases' session at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law's 2016 Constitutional Law Conference.
29 Mar	Presented two papers at Commercial Law Association of Australia's 'Patents and Trade Marks Master Class', entitled 'Patent Infringement: "Purposive" construction, essential and inessential integers and infringing the "substantial idea" of the invention' and 'Patent Validity: "Law of enabling disclosure" in the UK. Does it form part of the law of novelty under the Patents Act 1990 (Cth)?'
4 Apr	Conducted information and questions and answers session with Indigenous students from Tranby College enrolled in a Legal Advocacy course.
29 Apr	Delivered paper titled 'A civil penalty case from the perspective of the Bench' at 2016 AGS Civil Regulators Forum in Canberra.
2 May	Attended and spoke as panellist at inaugural Asian Australian Lawyers' Association William Lee Address.
2 Jun	Judged Grand Final of Macquarie University Law School's Clayton Utz Senior Mooting Grand Final Competition.

Justice Foster

23–24 Oct 2015	Attended the 13th Annual Competition Law and Economics Workshop in Adelaide.
25 Nov	At the invitation of the International Law Association and 12th Floor Chambers, Justice Foster participated in a panel discussing practical arbitration issues from the perspective of judges and practitioners. Other members of the panel included Michael Hwang SC and Lord Goldsmith.
5 Apr 2016	Presenter at a Practitioners' Consultation Forum held in Sydney regarding the Commercial and Corporations National Practice Area of the Court. The Forum was chaired by Justice Middleton and Justice Foster (the Court's National Coordinating Judges and Registry Coordinating Judges for the Commercial and Corporations National Practice Area). Topics for discussion included various Practice Notes and the establishment of a Standing Users' Group.
20 May	Attended the Second Annual UNCITRAL Seminar held in Canberra.

Justice Barker

26 Aug 2015	Spoke at the University of Western Australia Blackstone (Law Students) Society Career Pathways presentation.
25 Sep	Presented a paper entitled 'To Akiba and Beyond: Old Hopes and New Dreams for Native Title' at Finn's Law: An Australian Justice Conference in Canberra.
28 Oct	Convened the Australian Academy of Law (WA Chapter) Annual Lecture presented by Prof Frank S Alexander "Neighbourhood stabilisation strategies for vacant and abandoned properties" in Perth.
22 Feb 2016	Presiding judge at the Notre Dame University International Commercial Arbitration Student Moot, Fremantle.

Justice Yates

22 Oct 2015	Justice YATES attended and addressed the 17th Biennial Copyright Law and Practice Symposium conducted by the Copyright Society of Australia and the Australian Copyright Council.
23–24 Oct 2015	Attended and addressed the 13th Annual Competition Law and Economics Workshop conducted by the University of South Australia.
26 Nov 2015	Delivered an address on Subpoenas, Interrogatories and Discovery at the College of Law Judges' Series.
21 May 2016	Attended the Competition Law Conference held in Sydney.
2016	Continues to be a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Justice Bromberg

25 Aug 2015	Addressed students from the Melbourne Law School on 'Judicial Associateships'.
2 Feb 2016	Hosted the International Commission of Jurist's Opening of the 2016 Legal Year in his capacity as President of the ICJ Victoria.
15 Feb–4 Mar	Hosted the Indigenous Clerkship Program held at the Federal Court in Melbourne.
22 Apr	Chaired a conversation at the Federal Court for Employment and Industrial Relations practitioners on the topic of 'Current Issues in the Practice of Employment and Industrial Law'.
16 Jun	Hosted at the Federal Court the Judicial College of Victoria's Koori Twilight Forum on 'Communicating with Indigenous Witnesses'.
28 Jun	Participated in the 'Judges in Conversation Series' interviewing Professor Philip Alston of New York University on 'Justiciability of Economic and Social Rights.'

Justice Katzmann

	Justice Katzmann is a: • director of the Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation • director of Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and • member of the Advisory Committee of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law.
18 Sep 2015	Assisted with judging course participants at the Australian Bar Association Appellate Advocacy Course in Sydney.
30 Sep	Launched The Wellness Doctrines for Law Students and Young Lawyers, written by Jerome Doraisamy.
6 Oct	Participated in a questions and answer style panel discussion on the topic of 'Resilience in Law' as part of the University of Technology Sydney Law Students' Society (UTS LSS) Smile Project. The Smile Project is a UTS LSS initiative that focuses on the mental and physical wellbeing of law students.
20 Oct	Judged the Grand Final of the Herbert Smith Freehills Contract Law Moot at the Sydney University Law Society.
5 Nov	Presented a paper on Pleadings and Case Management at the College of Law Judges' Series.
18–19 Dec	Attended the University of NSW 'Contracts in Commercial Law' Conference at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
25–27 Jan 2016	Attended the Supreme and Federal Court Judges' Conference in Brisbane.
4 Feb	Delivered the Opening Address of the College of Law 2016 National Wellness for Law Forum with a paper entitled: 'Re-Wiring the Law'.
26–29 May	Attended the IAWJ 13th Biennial International Conference in Washington, DC – USA – 'Women Judges and the Rule of Law: Assessing the Past, Anticipating the Future'.

Justice Robertson

4 Aug 2015	Provided an introduction and comments for a book launch. Federation Press, James Stellios, Zines's High Court and the Constitution (6th ed).
24 Aug	Presented at University of Sydney Law School – LLM Series 'Statutory interpretation'. 26 Aug Presented at Judicial Education Workshop, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, "judgment writing tips' with Perram J.
4 Sep	Presented at Melbourne University Law School, Judges and the Academy: 'Natural Justice or Procedural Fairness'.
18–19 Sep	Presented at: ABA Appellate Advocacy Course.
7–9 Oct	Attended the conference – National Judicial College of Australia, Mr Lofty, Adelaide, 'Dialogues on being a judge'.
12 Nov	Presented at College of Law, Banco Court, Law Courts Building, 'Affidavit Evidence'.
23–27 Jan 2016	Attended a Supreme & Federal Court Judges' Conference, Brisbane.
18–19 Dec	Attended a conference, Art Gallery of NSW, UNSW Law, 'Contracts in Commercial Law 2015.
15–16 Mar	Presented at Judges' Panel, International Transfer Pricing Conference, Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London.

Justice Murphy

27–31 Jul 2015	Lectured in 'Melbourne Law Masters – Class Actions', at University of Melbourne.
22 Oct	Presented at Legal Leaders' Briefing on 'Class Actions and the National Court Framework', at Jones Day Lawyers, Sydney.
7 Dec	Presented at Legal Leaders' Briefing on 'Class Actions and the National Court Framework', at Federal Court, Melbourne.
7 Apr 2016	Presented at the International Association of Defence Counsel Australian Regional Meeting on 'Class Actions', at Clayton Utz, Melbourne.

Justice Ross

28 Oct 2015	Participated in the Judicial Leadership Program (NJCA).
27 May 2016	Attended the ALERA National Conference.
22 Mar	Attended the VECCI – Workplace Relations Practitioners Forum.
31 Mar	Presented at Sydney University on the Equal Remuneration Decision.

Justice Griffiths

2015–2016	Justice Griffiths is a committee member of AIJA Indigenous Justice Committee
23–24 Jul 2015	Launched Zines's The High Court and the Constitution 6th edition by James Stellios at Constitution Law Conference 2015 – Melbourne
27 Jul	Attended the Constitutional Aspects of Commonwealth and State Application Laws – NSW Bar Association Public Law Section.
4 Aug	Attended launch by Sir Anthony Mason of Zines's The High Court and the Constitution 6th edition by James Stellios.
17 Aug	Attended NSW Bar Association Public Law Section "Unifying Principles in Administrative and Criminal Law".
20 Aug	Attended Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture.
25 Sep	Attended Finn's Law: An Australian Justice – A Conference in Honour of Professor Paul Finn – Canberra. Published article on "Application of the Australian Consumer Law to Government Activities" [2015] Commercial Law Quarterly 3.
27 Oct	Attended The Spigelman Public Law Oration 'Values in Public Law'.
19 Nov	Presented Paper for The College of Law in the 2015 Judges' Series 'Professional Ethics, Court Etiquette and Witness Preparation', Banco Court.
26 May 2016	Chaired session at the AIJA and JCA Conference 'Challenges of Social Media for Courts & Tribunals'.

Justice Pagone