Appendix 8: Judges' Activities
Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2017-2018
Chief Justice Allsop
Chief Justice Allsop is:
- teaching part-time in maritime law at the University of Queensland
- an Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple
- a member of the American Law Institute
- a fellow of the Australian Academy of Law
- an Adjunct Professor in the School of Law at the University of Queensland
- President of Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History, and
- Patron of the Australian Insurance Law Association.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
31 July 2017 | Attended the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the Family Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia, hosted by the Supreme Court in Melbourne |
12 August 2017 | Chaired the opening session at the Australian Academy of Law and Australian Law Journal Conference entitled 'The Future of Australian Legal Education', and gave the keynote address – 'Why Lawyers Need a Broad Social Education', held at the Federal Court, Sydney |
14 August 2017 | Attended the New South Wales Bar Association seminar on 'Asian Immigration and the Development of American Constitutional and Common Law', presented by Professor Frank H. Wu and chaired by Malcolm Oakes SC |
16 August 2017 | Chaired the seminar co-presented by the Federal Court of Australia and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Australia) Limited entitled 'Achieving Greater Efficiency in International Arbitrations', held at the Federal Court, Sydney |
19 August 2017 | Guest at the Australia and New Zealand Association of Psychotherapy Ltd seminar entitled 'The Divided Brain and Human Meaning' presented by Dr Iain McGilchrist (UK), author of 'The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World', held at University of Sydney |
25 August 2017 | Gave an address at the Federal Circuit Court Plenary on general federal law matters and bankruptcy, Melbourne |
29 August 2017 | Attended the eighth John Lehane Memorial Lecture on the topic 'Is Equity Fair?' given by Lord Justice David Richards, hosted by Allens Linklaters, held at the Federal Court, Sydney |
31 August 2017 | Gave the welcome address at the Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture entitled 'Maritime Liens and Priorities in Canada' presented by the Honourable Mr Justice Sean Harrington, Federal Court of Canada |
2–3 September 2017 | Lectured at University of Queensland |
6 September 2017 | Attended and gave the welcome address at the Australian Maritime and Transport Arbitration Commission (AMTAC) annual address entitled 'Maritime Arbitration – Its Place in the Global Economy', held at the Federal Court, Sydney and broadcast to Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth |
8 September 2017 | Opening speaker at the 40th Anniversary of the Federal Court of Australia Conference hosted by the Centre for Commercial Law and Centre for International and Public Law, Australian National University, held at the Federal Court, Sydney. Spoke on the topic of 'The Role of the Federal Court within the Australian Judicial System' |
8 September 2017 | Attended and introduced the Honourable Susan Kiefel AC, Chief Justice of Australia at the book launch of 'Advocacy and Judging – Selected Papers of Murray Gleeson AC, QC' edited by Hugh Dillon, hosted by The Federation Press and held at the Federal Court, Sydney |
9–10 September 2017 | Lectured at University of Queensland |
11 September 2017 | Met with Brody Warren, Legal Officer at the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, to review the draft of the Guide to Good Practice – Evidence Video-Link Project |
11 September 2017 | Attended an official dinner, along with Justice Perram and Justice Perry, at the invitation of His Excellency Consul-General (Ambassadorial Rank) of the People's Republic of China in Sydney |
13 September 2017 | Attended the 'Conversation on Current Issues in the Practice of Employment and Industrial Law' series hosted by the Honourable Justice Mordy Bromberg and presented by the Federal Court of Australia, the Industrial Bar Association of Victoria Bar and the Workplace Relations Section of the Law Institute of Victoria, held at the Federal Court, Melbourne and broadcast to the Federal Court in all states |
25 September 2017 | Attended the Australian Academy of Law's Patron Address – 'The International Court of Justice as a Working Court' delivered by His Excellency Judge James Crawford AC, SC, FBA, Judge of the International Court of Justice, held at the Federal Court, Sydney |
27 September 2017 | Attended the ceremonial sitting of the Supreme Court of Victoria to mark the retirement of the Honourable Marilyn Warren AC as Chief Justice of Victoria |
29 September – 1 October 2017 | Met with the Honourable Muhammad Hatta Ali, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia in Jakarta. Participated in meeting with Indonesian judges to discuss court organisation and the future regional justice system and met with the Australian Indonesian Partnership for Economic Governance team |
1–4 October 2017 | Travelled to Singapore and met with the Honourable Sundaresh Menon SC, Chief Justice of Singapore. Gave a talk to law clerks on how the law has changed in Australia over his years of practice; contemporary pressures faced by courts, including areas such as diversity, independence and funding; the role of judicial assistants in Australia; and advice for the young lawyer. Gave the Singapore Academy of Law Distinguished Speaker Lecture on the topic of 'The Doctrine of Penalties in Modern Contract Law' with panel discussion moderated by the Honourable Judge of Appeal, Justice Andrew Phang. Visited the School of Law, Singapore Management University, the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and the Law Society of Singapore |
5 October 2017 | Attended the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand 44th National Conference entitled 'The Four Seasons of Shipping' held in Melbourne |
6 October 2017 | Attended the ceremonial sitting to farewell the Honourable Diana Bryant AO, Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, held in Melbourne |
9 October 2017 | Attended and presented on the topic of 'Admiralty Division of the Federal Court' at the reception and tour of the Federal Court of Australia jointly conducted by the Australian Maritime and Transport Arbitration Commission (AMTAC) and the Federal Court of Australia, Sydney |
10 October 2017 | Gave the opening remarks at the International Bar Association Annual Conference session on Intellectual Property Litigation Reform, held at the Federal Court, Sydney |
16–19 October 2017 | Participated in various events held as part of the Hong Kong Arbitration Week. Attended the 2nd UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Judicial Summit – Judicial Roundtable on International Trade Law and presented at the session entitled 'Transparency vs Confidentiality'; was speaker at the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Asia Conference: Arbitration in a Changing World on the topic of 'Artificial Intelligence and Industrialisation of Arbitration'; attended the Arbitration Charity Ball |
20 October 2017 | Presided over the special sitting of the Full Court for the announcement of the appointment of Senior Counsel for the State of New South Wales |
20 October 2017 | Attended a joint ceremonial sitting of the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia on the occasion of the swearing in of the Honourable Chief Justice John Pascoe AC CVO as Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia and His Honour Chief Judge William Alstergren as Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, held in Sydney |
20 October 2017 | Co-hosted with the Chief Justice of New South Wales the conference entitled 'Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and the Quantum Leap' which was a gathering of Australian legal sector leaders and prominent academics to consider the possibilities arising and the potential policy/organisational issues that will flow from the inevitable developments in technology, held at the Supreme Court of New South Wales |
23 October 2017 | Delivered the welcome at the Australian Academy of Law Symposium held at the Federal Court in Melbourne |
24 October 2017 | At the invitation of His Excellency the Governor of South Australia, the Honourable Hieu Van Le AC and Mrs Lan Le, attended a dinner at Government House for the Council of Chief Justices |
25 October 2017 | Attended the Council of Chief Justices meeting in Adelaide |
25 October 2017 | Gave the opening remarks at the annual cocktail function of the Commercial Bar Association of Victoria, held at the Federal Court in Melbourne |
1 November 2017 | Introduced the Honourable William Gummow AC QC on His Honour's presentation entitled 'Reflections on the Life and Times of Sir Maurice Byers CBE QC' at the Maurice Byers Centenary Conference held at the New South Wales Bar Association |
1 November 2017 | Delivered the 2017 Sir Maurice Byers Annual Lecture held at the New South Wales Bar Association entitled 'The Law as an Expression of the Whole Personality' |
3 November 2017 | Attended the ceremonial sitting of the Federal Circuit Court in Melbourne to welcome Patrizia Mercuri as a Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia |
16 November 2017 | Attended the Victorian Bar cocktail party in honour of the retiring President, Jennifer Batrouney QC, retiring members of the 2016–17 Bar Council and other members of the Bar who have assisted the Bar Council |
21 November 2017 | Attended the Australian Association of Constitutional Law event – A discussion of recent High Court decisions on Chapter III: Graham v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection; Knight v Victoria; and Rizeq v Western Australia, held at the Federal Court, Sydney |
29 November 2017 | Attended the ceremonial sitting of the Federal Circuit Court in Melbourne to welcome Justice William Alstergren, Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia |
29 November 2017 | Participated, via teleconference, in the first meeting of the Advisory Committee for the Asian Principles of Restructuring Project organised through the Asian Business Law Institute based in Singapore |
30 November 2017 | Attended the ceremonial sitting at the Supreme Court of Victoria in relation to the appointment of Senior Counsel in Victoria |
30 November 2017 | Presided over the ceremonial sitting of the Federal Court in Melbourne for the announcement of the appointment of Senior Counsel in Victoria |
14 December 2017 | Presided over the ceremonial sitting of the Federal Court in Brisbane for the announcement of the appointment of Senior Counsel in Queensland |
18 January 2018 | Participated, via teleconference, in the first meeting of the Steering Committee for the Asian Principles of Restructuring Project organised through the Asian Business Law Institute based in Singapore |
20–24 January 2018 | Introduced the Honourable Susan Kiefel AC, Chief Justice, High Court of Australia as the First Speaker at the Supreme and Federal Courts Judges' Annual Conference held in Sydney. Participated as commentator on the paper presented by Professor Vivienne Bath, Professor of Chinese and International Business Law, Director of the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law, Director of Research, China Studies Centre, University of Sydney at the session entitled 'International Trade and Investment Law: The Implications for Australia and Asia of Changing US Policies' |
25 January 2018 | Attended the swearing in of Professor Sarah Derrington in Brisbane |
29 January 2018 | At the invitation of Chief Judge Alstergren, attended the ceremonial sitting of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia to swear-in and welcome Dr Christopher Kendall, in Perth |
1 February 2018 | Presided over the ceremonial sitting held in Melbourne to swear-in and welcome Mr Simon Steward QC to the Federal Court of Australia |
5 February 2018 | Presented at the High Court of Australia for the new Silks to take their bows and attended the dinner to welcome the new Silks held at the High Court of Australia, Canberra |
6 February 2018 | Spoke to Associates of the Federal, Supreme and County Courts at the invitation of Young's List, Victorian Bar, held at the RACV City Club, Melbourne |
8 February 2018 | Addressed the Western Australian Bar Association on the topic 'The Bar's Role in Dispute Resolution', held at the Federal Court in Perth |
9 February 2018 | Presided over the ceremonial sitting to farewell the Honourable Justice John Gilmour, held at the Federal Court in Perth |
9 February 2018 | Unveiled a plaque installed on the ground floor of the Federal Court in Perth |
13 February 2018 | Conducted the private swearing in of the Honourable Justice Katrina Banks-Smith and Mr Craig Colvin SC in Perth |
14 February 2018 | Conducted the swearing in of Mr Thomas Thawley SC in Sydney |
21 February 2018 | Hosted end-of-clerkship drinks for Indigenous clerks with attendees including Attorney General Speakman, and representatives of the Federal Court, Federal Circuit Court, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Native Title Tribunal and the Bar, held at the Federal Court in Sydney |
22 February 2018 | Attended a luncheon hosted by Chief Justice Bathurst of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in honour of Adam Harris, President, and Jason Baxter, Chief Operating Officer, with the International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Practitioners, held at the Supreme Court of New South Wales |
24 February 2018 | Gave the keynote address entitled 'The Law as an Expression of the Whole Personality' at the South Australian Bar Association Conference held at the Adelaide Hills Convention Centre |
28 February 2018 | Presided over the ceremonial sitting to welcome Justice Katrina Banks-Smith and Justice Craig Colvin to the Federal Court, held in Perth |
1 March 2018 | Presided over the ceremonial sitting to welcome the new Western Australian Silks, held at the Federal Court in Perth |
15 March 2018 | Hosted a dinner for Dr Péter Darák, President, Curia of Hungary, held in Melbourne |
16 March 2018 | Participated in the panel discussion on the topic of 'Expansion of Regulatory Power and its Reviewability' at the Bar Association's continuing professional development event held at the Federal Court, Sydney |
19 March 2018 | In conjunction with the CEO and Principal Registrar of the Federal Court, hosted a Law Society Credential Visit with Doug Humphreys OAM (President), Michael Tidball (CEO), Pauline Wright (Immediate Past President), Elizabeth Espinosa (Senior Vice President), Richard Harvey (Junior Vice President) and Juliana Warner (Treasurer) |
9 April 2018 | Attended the Council of Chief Justices meeting in Canberra |
16–18 April 2018 | Gave the opening keynote address at the International Council for Commercial Arbitration Congress held in Sydney on the topic 'Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration: The Importance of Recognising Their Differences' |
20 April 2018 | Attended the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Queensland dinner to farewell the Honourable Justice John Dowsett AM, held in Brisbane |
26 April 2018 | Presided over the ceremonial sitting to farewell the Honourable Justice John Dowsett AM as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia, held in Brisbane |
30 April 2018 | Presided over the ceremonial sitting to farewell the Honourable Anthony Siopis as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia, held in Perth |
2 May 2018 | Attended a talk about the Swiss legal system given by a visiting judge from the Swiss Federal Administrative Court, Judge Michael Beusch (PhD, Dr. iur, attorney at law), co-hosted by the Federal Court and held in Melbourne |
3 May 2018 | Delivered the opening address at the Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand 37th Annual Conference held in Sydney on the topic 'Jurisdiction Shopping in Aviation Litigation' |
4 May 2018 | As part of the University of New South Wales' International Commercial Arbitration Program for Sri Lankan Delegates, gave a lecture on the role of Australian courts in Australia's international arbitration regime. The delegation comprised 10 senior members of the Sri Lankan Attorney General's Department who were identified by Australia Awards. The program is part of a Commonwealth Government initiative arranged through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Awards program aiming to build legal capacity in the important field of International Commercial Arbitration. The lecture took place at the Federal Court in Sydney |
9 May 2018 | Hosted the address given to judges by Professor James Hathaway, a leading international scholar in refugee law and author of 'The Law of Refugee Status' (2014), held at the Federal Court in Melbourne and broadcast to all other states |
10 May 2018 | Gave the welcoming address to readers of the New South Wales Bar Practice course attending the 'Federal Court Day', a day in the course which highlights practice and procedure in both the Federal Court and the Federal Circuit Court |
23 May 2018 | Attended the lecture delivered by the Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li of the Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong held at the Melbourne Law School. This event was organised in collaboration with the Supreme Court Library of Queensland and the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales |
1 June 2018 | Launched the memorandum of understanding signed by the Australian Bar Association and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Australia which aims to advance arbitration and mediation work opportunities for Australian counsel and develop a more unified local dispute resolution profession. The signing and launch were held at the Federal Court, Melbourne |
6 June 2018 | Attended the annual dinner with Sydney Intellectual Property Judges organised by the Law Council Intellectual Property Committee |
12 June 2018 | Gave a judicial education address on the subject of appeals to judges of the Federal Circuit Court, held in Melbourne and broadcast to all other states |
14 June 2018 | Attended the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators seminar on Transparency, Efficiency, Enforceability and Diversity, chaired by the Honourable Justice Sarah Derrington, held in Brisbane and broadcast to all states |
Justice Kenny
Justice Kenny is:
- a member of the Council of the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration
- a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law
- a College Fellow of St Hilda's College, University of Melbourne
- Chair, Asian Law Centre Advisory Board, Melbourne Law School, and
- a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
4 August 2017 | Contributed to a focus group for the Sir Ninian Stephen Scholarship in International Law |
6–9 October 2017 | Presented the 2017 Loseby Lecture in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 'Why and How are Independent and Impartial Courts Crucial to Investments and Business in a Country?' |
8–14 November 2017 | Co-taught with Associate Professor James Stellios 'Constitutional Rights and Freedoms', in the Masters Program at Melbourne Law School |
4 December 2017 | Delivered the occasional address at the Conferring of Degrees Ceremony, University of Melbourne |
12 February 2018 | Hosted (with Acting District Registrar Luxton and Judge Wilson, FCC), a visit by Judge Yun-Kyung Bae (Suwon District Court, Korea) and Judge Yuri Takemura (Yokohama District Court, Tokyo, Japan) |
27 April 2018 | Hosted (with Acting District Registrar Luxton and the Director Court Services) a delegation of visiting judges from the Court of Appeal in Sri Lanka under the auspices of the Melbourne Law School |
25 May 2018 | Published the chapter on 'Evolution' in the Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution (Oxford University Press, 2018) edited by Cheryl Saunders and Adrienne Stone |
Justice Greenwood
Justice Greenwood is:
- Adjunct Professor in Competition Law and Intellectual Property in the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, and
- Member, Advisory Council, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
19 August 2017 | Presented at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland on the topic of 'Aspects of Federal Jurisdiction' |
8 September 2017 | Spoke at the Conference to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Federal Court of Australia on Aspects of the Court's Jurisdiction in Intellectual Property |
14 September 2017 | Spoke at the Bar Association of Queensland's Bar Practice Course on Practice in the Federal Court of Australia |
25 October 2017 | Participated in an 'Ask the Judges Forum' organised by the Bar Association of Queensland |
1 December 2017 | Delivered a chapter on the History of Origins and Development of the Federal Court's Jurisdiction in Intellectual Property to the editors for a collection of papers on the Federal Court |
13 February 2018 | Presented on the topic of 'Pleadings' at a forum sponsored by the Bar Association of Queensland |
6 March 2018 | Spoke at the Bar Association of Queensland's Bar Practice Course on Aspects of Federal Jurisdiction and Practice in the Federal Court |
27 March 2018 | Spoke at the International Competition Law Symposium on the topic of 'Optimal Enforcement of Anti-Cartel Law Practice and Practice' |
14 May 2018 | Spoke on the topic of Civil Procedure and Practice in the Federal Court, University of Queensland Law School |
29 May 2018 | Presented at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal's National Conference on the topic of 'The Art of Decision-Making' |
Justice Rares
Justice Rares is:
- a Deputy President and a member of the Board of Management of the Council of the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration
- Chair of the Consultative Council of Australian Law Reporting
- 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.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
4–6 October 2017 | Attended the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand 44th National Conference and presented a paper entitled 'Ships that Changed the Law – the Torrey Canyon Disaster', Melbourne |
6–8 October 2017 | Attended the Judicial Conference of Australia 2017 Colloquium, Hobart |
9 October 2017 | Presented as a panel member in the International Bar Association Conference session entitled 'Avoiding that Sinking Feeling: Navigating Shipping Insolvencies', Sydney |
14 October 2017 | Attended the annual general meeting of the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration and was elected a Deputy President |
20 October 2017 | Presented a paper entitled 'Social Media – Challenges for Lawyers and the Courts' at the Australian Young Lawyers' Conference, Sydney |
3–6 November 2017 | Attended the 6th Annual World Congress of Ocean and delivered a paper entitled 'Ship Arrests, Maritime Liens and Cross-Border Insolvency', Shenzhen, China |
29 November 2017 | Presented a paper at the Land Court of Queensland's Concurrent Evidence Procedures Forum, Brisbane |
5 December 2017 | Delivered commentary on the 2017 United Nations Day Lecture, Sydney |
20–24 January 2018 | Attended the Supreme and Federal Court Judges' Conference, Sydney |
16 February 2018 | Delivered the opening address at the Sydney Law School Conference on Commercial Issues in Private International Law, University of Sydney |
8 March 2018 | Presented the Commercial Law Section of the New South Wales Bar Association seminar '10 Years of the Cross-Border Insolvency Act', Sydney |
5 May 2018 | Chaired a session at the 2018 Competition Law Conference, Sydney |
9 May 2018 | Delivered a paper on authorised law reporting to welcome representatives of the Incorporated Council for Law Reporting for England and Wales to Australia, Sydney |
24–26 May 2018 | Attended the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration Annual Conference and gave the vote of thanks to the Honourable Chief Justice Kiefel AC for delivering the keynote address, Brisbane |
30 May–1 June 2018 | Chaired the annual general meeting of the Consultative Council of Australian Law Reporting, Wellington, New Zealand |
22 June 2018 | Presented a paper entitled 'Commercial Issues: Private International Law' for the Commercial Law Association's June Judges Series, Sydney |
26 June 2018 | Presented a joint lecture with Professor Martin Davies on maritime law for the Melbourne Law School's Judges in Conversation series, Melbourne |
Justice Collier
Justice Collier is:
- Chairperson of the Design, Delivery and Evaluation Committee of the Papua New Guinea Centre for Judicial Excellence
- a member of the Griffith University Law School's Law Futures Centre Advisory Board, and
- a member of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section at the Law Council of Australia.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
26–27 August 2017 | Presented a paper at the Bar Association of Queensland's Employment and Industrial Relations Conference on the Gold Coast entitled 'Recent Developments and Impending Changes in Practice and Procedures in the Federal Court' |
8 September 2017 | Attended the Law Council of Australia's Insolvency Law Workshop in Sydney |
27 November 2017 | Presented a paper entitled 'Judicial Review of Public and Private Employment Contracts in Papua New Guinea' at the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea's Underlying Law Conference in Port Moresby in Her Honour's capacity as a Judge of that Court |
29 November 2017 | Presented a paper entitled 'The Personal Property Securities Legislation – Experiences from Australia and New Zealand' at the Personal Property Securities Act Workshop in Port Moresby in Her Honour's capacity as a Judge of the Supreme and National Courts of Papua New Guinea |
28 April 2018 | Participated as a panellist at the Sir Salamo Injia Lecture Series delivered by the Honourable Robert French AC hosted by the University of Papua New Guinea's School of Law and the Papua New Guinea Centre for Judicial Excellence |
6 June 2018 | Presented a speech at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Women in the Law Series in Canberra |
Justice Tracey
Justice Tracey is:
- Colonel Commandant of the Australian Army Legal Corps (AALC)
- a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre of Public Law at the Law School of the University of Melbourne, and
- a member of the Juris Doctor Program Advisory Board of the Graduate School of Business and Law at RMIT University.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
2 November 2017 | Gave a paper to an AALC Conference in Brisbane titled 'The High Court and Military Justice – Some Reminiscences' |
Justice Middleton
Justice Middleton is:
- part-time Commissioner of the Australian Law Reform Commission
- Council Member of the University of Melbourne
- Chair of the University of Melbourne Foundation and Trust Committee
- a member of the American Law Institute
- 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.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
3 July 2017 | Chaired a session at the Australian Bar Association 2017 International Conference entitled 'Corporate Decision Making and Taxation – Client Perspectives on a Changing Taxation Environment' in London, United Kingdom |
6 July 2017 | Panel member at the Australian Bar Association 2017 International Conference on a session entitled 'The Art of Advocacy: A Client's Perspective' in Dublin, Ireland |
6 October 2017 | Panel member at the International Conference of the Association Internationale des Juristes du Droit de la Vigne et du Vin (AIDV) (International Wine Law Association), on 'Wine Law in Practice: Compliance, Negotiation and Dispute Settlement' in Bordeaux, France |
7 March 2018 | Chaired the National Commercial Law Seminar held at the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne |
11 April 2018 | Delivered a paper at a seminar organised by the Supreme Court of Victoria and Monash University on Arbitration at Monash Law Chambers in Melbourne |
3 May 2018 | Delivered a paper in conjunction with Professor Noah Messing to the Victorian Bar Readers' Course on Written Advocacy |
31 May 2018 | Presented a paper entitled 'What will the Australian Competition Tribunal do now without Limited Merits Review?' held at the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne |
Justice McKerracher
Justice McKerracher is:
- a member of the Executive and the Governing Council of the Judicial Conference of Australia, and
- Chair of UNCCA (UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee for Australia).
Date | Activity |
---|---|
31 August 2017 | Addressed a Native Title forum |
8–9 September 2017 | Attended and delivered a paper in Sydney at the Australian National University 40th Anniversary of the Federal Court Conference on 40 years of Admiralty Law in the Federal Court |
5–7 October 2017 | Attended the Judicial Conference of Australia Colloquium in Hobart |
18 October 2017 | Chaired the United Nations Day address in Perth |
29 November 2017 | Chaired an intellectual property twilight seminar |
27 February 2018 | Attended the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – arbitration seminar in Melbourne |
17 March 2018 | Attended the Judicial Conference of Australia Governing Council meeting in Canberra |
24–25 May 2018 | Attended the UNCCA May seminar in Canberra |
6 June 2018 | Delivered an annual address to the Western Australian Bar Association Bar Readers' Course on Federal Jurisdiction |
20 June 2018 | Judged Murdoch University's 2018 International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot at Murdoch University |
Justice Jagot
Justice Jagot is Chair of the Council of Chief Justices' Harmonisation of Rules Committee.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
13–15 October 2017 | Presented at the University of South Australia Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Competition Law and Economics Workshop, titled 'Economic Concepts in Judicial Matters' |
20 October 2017 | Spoke at the Environmental Planning Law Association Conference on the topic of 'Environment and Planning Law – Recent Cases of Interest in the FCA' |
20 October 2017 | Gave the opening address at the Young Lawyers Conference in Sydney on the topic of 'The Rule of Law and Reconciliation' |
23–24 October 2017 | Participated in the National Judicial Orientation Program, and chaired sessions on 'Lifestyle Choices' and 'Judgment Writing', as well as presenting on how to manage time effectively with available resources |
27–28 October 2017 | Attended the Law Council of Australia's Tax Workshop at the Sunshine Coast, participating in a discussion on the management of disputes |
22 February 2018 | Delivered the 2018 Bannerman Lecture on the topic of 'The Common Law and Competition Law' |
17 May 2018 | Hosted a delegation of Thai Judges and discussed practical issues in Australian consumer law |
Justice Foster
Date | Activity |
---|---|
22 August 2017 | Spoke on the topic of 'Enforcement of Arbitral Proceedings' at King & Wood Mallesons' presentation on International Arbitration |
13–14 October 2017 | As part of a Judicial Perspectives Session at the University of South Australia/ACCC Competition Law and Economics Workshop, spoke on developments in the European Union, particularly the implications of Brexit on competition law and policy |
21 February 2018 | Co-presented with Justice James Stevenson, New South Wales Supreme Court, at The College of Law's 2018 Judges' Series on the topic of 'Lawyer-Client Privilege in Litigation' |
14 March 2018 | Presented at the IAMA/Resolution Institute's seminar on 'Public Policy Exceptions to the Enforcement of Arbitration Awards' |
5 May 2018 | Gave the keynote speech at the 2018 Competition Law Conference: 'Concerted Practices: A Contravention without a Definition' |
Justice Barker
Date | Activity |
---|---|
31 August 2017 | Convened the Western Australian Native Title Users Group meeting |
26 October 2017 | Presented a paper entitled 'Do Judges Make Law?' at the Honourable David Malcolm Memorial Lecture, University of Notre Dame |
17–19 November 2017 | Senior Coach for junior practitioners at the 2018 Piddington Advocacy Weekend on Rottnest Island |
2 March 2018 | Presented at the Piddington Society and Fremantle Community Legal Centre's Fremantle Law Conference 'The Constitution, the Interpretation of Statues and the Practice of Democracy in Australia' |
4–7 June 2018 | Presented at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Native Title Conference in Broome: 'Not so 'Fragile' – the Evolving Character of Native Title, 1993 to 2018' |
Justice Yates
Justice Yates is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
14 September 2017 | Addressed law students at University of Sydney at the Law and Business Alumni Discussion Forum |
11 October 2017 | Judged the University of New South Wales Senior Mooting Grand Final 2017 |
15 October 2017 | Participated in a panel presentation on trade secrets at the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) World Congress (Sydney) |
17 October 2017 | Participated in the University of Melbourne Judges in Conversation series: Interview with Professor Jane Ginsburg on 'What Future for Authors in Copyright?' |
28 June 2018 | Delivered a presentation to a delegation of Thai Judges on Australian Consumer Law and the Practice of the Court in Consumer Law Cases |
Justice Bromberg
Justice Bromberg is:
- the Federal Court's representative for the Judicial Officers Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Committee (JOACAC)
- Coordinator for the Federal Court's Victorian Bar's Indigenous Clerkship Program
- President of the International Commission of Jurists, Victoria (ICJ), and
- National Vice-President of ICJ, Australia.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
4 September 2017 | Gave the keynote speech for the William Cooper Legacy project |
13 September 2017 | Hosted and spoke at an Employment and Industrial Relations Seminar at the Federal Court in conjunction with the Industrial Bar Association of the Victorian Bar and the Workplace Relations Section of the Law Institute of Victoria on current issues in the practice of employment and industrial law |
5 February 2018 | Hosted the ICJ's opening of the 2018 Legal Year in His Honour's capacity as President of the ICJ |
10 April 2018 | Spoke at a panel seminar held at the Melbourne Law School on the topic of the 20th Anniversary of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) Patrick Stevedores Waterfront Dispute |
Justice Katzmann
Justice Katzmann is:
- Director of the Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation
- Chair of the Governing Council of Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), and
- Member of the Advisory Committee of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
8–9 September 2017 | Attended the Australian National University Centre for International and Public Law Conference to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Federal Court |
9 September 2017 | Opened the New South Wales Bar Association's 10th Anniversary Sports Law Conference |
22–24 January 2018 | Organised and attended the Supreme and Federal Court Judges' Conference in Sydney |
2–6 May 2018 | Attended the International Association of Women Judges' 14th Biennial International Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina – 'Building Bridges Between Women Judges of the World' |
Justice Robertson
Justice Robertson is Deputy President of the Australian Academy of Law.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
2–7 July 2017 | Attended Australian Bar Association Conference in London and Dublin and gave a presentation entitled 'The Importance of Federal Jurisdiction' |
11–13 August 2017 | Chaired session at the Australian Academy of Law Conference, Sydney, 'The Future of Australian Legal Education', on 'Experiential Learning' and gave a presentation 'Looking to the Future of Legal Education' |
8–9 September 2017 | Presented at the Australian National University Centre for Commercial Law and the Centre for International and Public Law Conference to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Federal Court of Australia, 'How Does the Court Deal with Findings of Fact on Judicial Review?' |
13–14 September 2017 | Presented to TP Minds Asia, Singapore, on how the Court has approached transfer pricing issues |
25 September 2017 | Attended the sixth annual Patron's Address of the Australian Academy of Law and introduced the speaker His Excellency Judge James Crawford AC, SC, FCA on 'The International Court of Justice as a Working Court' |
1 November 2017 | Addressed the Maurice Byers Centenary Conference, New South Wales Bar Association Common Room, on 'Reflections on the Life and Times of Sir Maurice Byers CBE QC' |
20–24 January 2018 | Chaired session at the Supreme and Federal Court Judges' Conference, Sydney, entitled 'Reflections on the Executive Power of the Commonwealth: Recent Developments, Interpretational Methodology and Constitutional Symmetry' |
7 March 2018 | Gave a lecture in The College of Law 2018 Judges' Series in the Banco Court, Law Courts' Building, Sydney, on 'Affidavit Evidence' |
Justice Murphy
Justice Murphy is:
- a member of the Melbourne Law School Advisory Council, and
- President of the Children's Protection Society.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
24–30 July 2017 | Lectured in class actions law, University of Melbourne |
14 August 2017 | Presented to the Judges of the Supreme Court of Queensland re case management in class actions in Brisbane |
18 September 2017 | Presented to Victorian Bar Readers as part of the Bar Readers' Course in Melbourne |
12 October 2017 | Panel member of the 'Class Actions in Australia: An Increased Area of Risk for Corporates' seminar, Herbert Smith Freehills in Melbourne |
18 October 2017 | Chaired the quarter century of class actions in the Federal Court seminar at Monash University in Melbourne |
25 October 2017 | Met with the Victorian Law Reform Commission re Access to Justice – Litigation Funding and Group Proceedings in Melbourne |
12 February – 30 June 2018 | Panel member of the Judicial Expert Panel, Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry into litigation funding and class actions |
15 March 2018 | Spoke at the Minter Ellison Junior Lawyers Committee 2018 opening event in Melbourne |
9 April 2018 | Chaired the 'Increased Regulation of Litigation Funding – a Timely Crackdown or a Regulatory 'Solution' in Search of a Problem?' seminar at Monash University in Melbourne |
17 April 2018 | Presented to Victorian Bar Readers as part of the Bar Readers' Course in Melbourne |
6–8 June 2018 | Attended the AIATSIS Native Title Conference in Broome |
Justice Griffiths
Date | Activity |
---|---|
20 July 2017 | Presented the keynote address at the 2017 Australian Institute of Administrative Law (AIAL) National Conference: 'Access to Administrative Justice' |
27 July 2017 | Presented commentary at Australian Association of Constitutional Law on Craig Lenehan's Paper 'Culleton, Day and Constitutional Method' |
8–9 September 2017 | Presented paper with Professor James Stellios at the 40th Anniversary of the Federal Court: 'The Federal Court and Constitutional Law' |
14 March 2018 | Presented paper on 'Some Ethical Issues for Legal Practitioners' at The College of Law 2018 Judges' Series |
15 March 2018 | Presented plenary address for the Government In-House Counsel Day – Clayton Utz, Canberra 'Certainty and Predictability in Judicial Review of Commonwealth Administrative Action – Too Much Fuzzy Law?' |
Justice Davies
Date | Activity |
---|---|
3 July 2017 | Panel member at the Australian Bar Association Conference London entitled 'Unilateral Measures in a Multinational World: Diverted Profits Taxes, Transfer Pricing Measures and their Effect on Business Decisions' |
8 August 2017 | Participated in Judges in Conversation with Professor Ben McFarlane from University College London |
14 September 2017 | Gave the keynote address at the National GST Intensive Conference |
14 September 2017 | Chair at the International Fiscal Association seminar |
25 September 2017 | Adjudicated the Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Semi-Final Moot |
2 October 2017 | Presented on legal writing to senior advisors at the Judges' Club of the Curia of Hungary |
3 October 2017 | Spoke to the tax law experts of the Curia of Hungary titled 'Challenging Tax Liabilities in Australia' |
6–7 October 2017 | Chair at the International Association of Tax Judges (IATJ) 8th Assembly, session on the 'Use of Foreign Case Law by Courts' in Helsinki |
26 October 2017 | Gave the keynote address at the Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA) Conference in Melbourne |
10–20 March 2018 | Hosted visiting Judge, Dr Péter Darák, President of the Curia of Hungary |
23 April–4 May 2018 | Hosted visiting Judge, Judge Michael Beusch, Swiss Federal Administrative Court |
30 April 2018 | Panel member at International Fiscal Association workshop session 1 entitled 'Harmonisation in the Construction of Tax Treaties' |
1 May 2018 | Presented at the Tax Institute's Women in Tax lunch |
Justice Mortimer
Justice Mortimer is a:
- Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School
- Member, Advisory Board of the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies
- Member, Australian Academy of Law
- Member, International Association of Refugee Law Judges
- Member, Monash University Faculty of Law 'External Professional Advisory Committee', and
- Member, Board of Advisors of the Public Law Review.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
18 August 2017 | Hosted students from Melbourne Law School at the Court as part of their Refugee Law Class studies, and provided a briefing to the students |
8 September 2017 | Presented at the Australian National University's 40th Anniversary of the Federal Court of Australia on 'Anti-discrimination: The History of the Federal Court's Human Rights Jurisdiction' |
1 October 2017 | Contributed an article to the International Association of Refugee Law Judges (IARLJ) Regional Newsletter on 'The Concept of Intention in the Complementary Protection Regime of Australia's Migration Act: SZTAL v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection; SZTGM v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] HCA 34' |
25–31 October 2017 | Co-taught the subject, with Laureate Professor Cheryl Saunders, 'Current Issues in Administrative Law' as part of the Melbourne Law Masters Program at Melbourne Law School |
5 January 2018 | Member of the John Gibson Award 2018 selection committee |
22 February 2018 | Published a chapter on 'The Constitutionalization of Administrative Law' in 'The Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution' by Oxford University Press |
27 March 2018 | Delivered the Melbourne University Law Review Annual Lecture on 'Some Thoughts on Judgments in, and for, Contemporary Australia' |
13 April 2018 | Provided commentary on the presentation 'The Principle of Legality – The Judges' New Flexible Friend?' at the Judges and the Academy seminar |
5–7 June 2018 | Attended the AIATSIS Conference in Broome, Western Australia |
20–29 June 2018 | Participated in the Pacific Judicial Strengthening Initiative (PJSI) in Honiara, Solomon Islands, and presented sessions on 'Civil Cases (including Land)', 'Evidence' and 'Due Process and Fair Trial' |
Justice Rangiah
Justice Rangiah continued as a member of the:
- Griffith University Law School Advisory Committee, and
- University of Queensland Pro Bono Advisory Committee.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
7 October 2017 | Gave the address at the University of Queensland Law Society valedictorian dinner |
16–20 October 2017 | Attended Flinders University in Adelaide as a Visiting Fellow |
21 June 2018 | Gave the keynote address at the Native Title and Cultural Heritage Symposium, Brisbane |
20 July 2018 | Chaired a session at the Queensland Native Title User Group Meeting |
Justice Wigney
Date | Activity |
---|---|
29 August 2017 | Participated as one of the adjudicating judges of the Gaire Blunt Scholarship offered by the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia for papers on a topic in the field of competition law |
29 August 2017 | Attended the eighth John Lehane Memorial Lecture on the topic 'Is equity fair?' presented by Lord Justice David Richards at the Federal Court |
3 October 2017 | Interviewed and filmed for the New South Wales Bar Association 'Wellbeing at the Bar' video |
19 December 2017 | Came runner up, Bench and Bar Tennis Cup |
17 May 2018 | Participated as one of the panel speakers at the Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales seminar on Court and Tribunal etiquette, practice and procedure at the Law Society of New South Wales |
Justice Perry
Justice Perry continued as:
- a Squadron Leader, Royal Australian Air Force, Legal Specialist Reserves
- a member of the Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity (JCCD) established by the Council of Chief Justices as the representative of the Federal Court of Australia and chaired the specialist committee which prepared the Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals (JCCD, 2017)
- an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, Law School, University of Adelaide
- a fellow of the Australian Academy of Law
- a member of the Advisory Committee to the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales; the Law School Advisory Board, University of Adelaide; the Advisory Council, Centre for International and Public Law, Australian National University; and the Board of Advisors to the Research Unit on Military Law and Ethics, University of Adelaide
- the Section Editor (Administrative Law), Australian Law Journal
- Member, Panel of Supervisors, PhD Student, Law School, Australia National University
- Mentor, Asian Australian Lawyers Association Mentoring Programme
- Patron, New South Wales Chapter, Hellenic Australian Lawyers Association, and
- an Ambassador for One Disease (a non-profit organisation concerned with the elimination of preventable diseases in remote Indigenous communities).
Date | Activity |
---|---|
5 August 2017 | Participated in a panel presentation on the Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals, FIT2017 Disruption and Diversification, XXI World Congress International Federation of Translators, 3–5 August 2017, Brisbane |
7 September 2017 | Session adjudicator, Readers 'Federal Court Day', New South Wales Bar Association |
13 September 2017 | Participated in a panel presentation, 'Cultural Diversity in the Law', Annual William Lee Address, Asian Australian Lawyers Association, New South Wales Branch, and the Law Society of New South Wales |
20 October 2017 | Presented at the JCCD Launch of the Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals, Old Parliament House, Canberra |
8 November 2017 | Spoke at the New South Wales Bar Association and Law Society of New South Wales Equitable Briefing Function for women barristers practising in public and administrative law and in environmental and planning law |
10 November 2017 | Presented on 'Cultural Diversity' at the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales Annual Conference 2017 |
22 February 2018 | Attended the consultation arranged by the JCCD and Migration Council with Harmony Alliance members regarding implementation of JCCD resources |
23 February 2018 | Chaired a session at the 2018 Constitutional Law Conference held by the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, Sydney |
14 March 2018 | Presiding Judge, Jessup Practice Moot, Law School, University of Sydney |
21 March 2018 | Presented 'Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals: An Introduction', Federal Court Conference, Adelaide |
21 March 2018 | Presented the John Perry Prize for International Law, Adelaide Law School Prize-giving Ceremony |
12 April 2018 | Participated in a panel on 'Implementing the Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals', 8th Free Annual Legal Interpreting Symposium, University of New South Wales 2018 |
4 May 2018 | Participated in a Q&A on native title and the Federal Court with students from Tranby National Indigenous Adult Education visiting the National Native Title Tribunal |
21 May 2018 | Judged the Public International Law Moot Grand Final 2018, Sydney University Law Society |
Justice Markovic
Date | Activity |
---|---|
2 August 2017 | Attended the New Barristers' Committee of New South Wales Bar Association to speak on a panel of judges for their annual 'Judicial Q&A' |
24–25 August 2017 | Participated in the Judicial Colloquium at the Singapore National Insolvency Conference on 'The Role of the Courts in Relation to Cross-Border Restructuring and Insolvency – Issues and Solutions' |
13–16 September 2017 | Presented on three panels at the Judicial Conference on Insolvency – Seoul Bankruptcy Court: 'Cross-Border Insolvency', 'Innovative Approaches to Individual Insolvencies' and 'Creative Methods to Reorganise Small-Medium Sized Enterprises' |
Justice Moshinsky
Justice Moshinsky is:
- alternate director of the National Judicial College of Australia, and
- a Senior Fellow at the Melbourne Law School.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
19 July 2017 | Contributed a chapter entitled 'Charter Remedies', in Groves M and Campbell C (eds), Australian Charters of Rights – A Decade On (The Federation Press, 2017) |
July–October 2017 | Co-taught a course on Separation of Powers in the Masters Program at the Melbourne Law School |
12–13 October 2017 | Attended a conference on legal education organised by the Australian Academy of Law |
9 March 2018 | Presented a paper at the 2018 Law Council of Australia Superannuation Conference, Canberra, on 'The Continuing Evolution of the 'Best Interests' Duty for Superannuation Trustees – From Cowan v Scargill to the Current Regulatory Framework' |
30 April 2018 | Participated in a panel discussion at a tax workshop organised by the International Fiscal Association, the Federal Court of Australia and the Melbourne Law School on the topic 'Tax and Ethics in International Tax – Front End and Back' |
6 June 2018 | Chaired a seminar on 'Law in the Digital World' organised by Monash University in conjunction with the Federal Court of Australia and the Victorian Bar |
Justice Bromwich
Date | Activity | |
---|---|---|
20 October 2017 | Attended a special seminar on 'Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and the Quantum Leap' held in the Banco Court, Supreme Court of New South Wales | |
28 November 2017 | Spoke on 'Managing Organisational Change' at a conference for the Heritage Division of the New South Wales Office of the Environment and Heritage | |
27 February 2018 | Gave opening remarks on 'White-collar Crime' at a continuing professional development seminar for University of New South Wales Continuing Legal Education | |
5 May 2018 | Chaired a session on 'Digital Platforms – Evolution in the Revolution' at the 2018 Competition Law Conference in Sydney |
Justice Burley
Date | Activity |
---|---|
25–29 September 2017 | Attended the International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators in Copenhagen |
10 October 2017 | Moderated 'It's time: Intellectual Property Litigation Reform' session at the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee of the International Bar Association at the 2017 International Bar Association Conference, Sydney |
1 March 2018 | Presented a lecture entitled 'Ongoing Patent Infringement: Is Injunctive Relief an Inevitable Outcome?' with Angus Lang of counsel at the Journal of Equity Conference in Sydney |
21 May 2018 | Presented to legal studies students at Turramurra High School |
Justice Lee
Date | Activity |
---|---|
1 September 2017 | Guest speaker at William Roberts Lawyers' luncheon speaking on class actions in Sydney |
14 October 2017 | Guest speaker at Marsdens Law Group annual office seminar 'Reflections of a New Judge' in Gerringong |
20 October 2017 | Presented the keynote address at the Commercial Law Association of Australia's Class Actions Conference entitled 'Multiplicity of Class Actions: A Judge's Perspective on Managing Competing Claims and Assessing Proposed Settlements' in Sydney |
6 November 2017 | Presented the keynote address at Corrs Chambers Westgarth's class actions event entitled 'Certification of Class Actions: A 'Solution' in Search of a Problem?' in Sydney |
28 February 2018 | Guest speaker at The College of Law '2018 Judges' Series' on the topic of 'Pleadings and Case Management' in Sydney |
13 April 2018 | Panel speaker at a conference held jointly by the Law Council of Australia, Sydney Law School and 9 Wentworth Chambers on Litigation Funding, Class Actions and International Dispute Resolution in Sydney |
1 May 2018 | Presented the keynote address at the Law Council's Australian Consumer Law Committee forum on the role that lawyers, courts and tribunals can play in enforcing Australian consumer protections laws |
Justice Derrington
Justice Derrington is Chair of the Emmanuel College Council.
Date | Activity | |
---|---|---|
10 September 2017 | Presented a paper entitled 'Brexit, a Dead TPP and a Reformist Productivity Commission: Trends and Challenges for IP Law in a Changing World', at the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ) Conference, Gold Coast | |
13 March 2018 | Judged the University of Queensland Phillip C Jessup Law Moot Competition | |
17 May 2018 | Commentated at the Current Legal Issues (CLI) Seminar Series, Seminar 2 on Fiduciary Law and presented a paper entitled 'Commentary on Professor Lionel D Smith's Paper, "Prescriptive Fiduciary Duties"' |
Justice Thomas
Justice Thomas is a Committee Member and Treasurer of the Council of Australasian Tribunals (COAT).
Date | Activity |
---|---|
7 August 2017 | Met with outgoing Veterans' Review Board Principle Member and incoming President of the New South Wales Law Society, Mr Doug Humphreys |
5 September 2017 | Met with the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM (in Sydney) |
5 October 2017 | Member of the judging panel for the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) MOOT Competition 2017 Grand Final |
11 October 2017 | Met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) regional representative (in Sydney) |
1 November 2017 | Attended the Australian Government Leadership Network – New South Wales Connections Event and presented a paper entitled 'Appearing Before the AAT: Helping to Deliver Expeditious and Efficient Merits Review' |
1 December 2017 | Chaired the Law Council of Australia 'Hot Topics in Commonwealth Compensation' |
9 February 2018 | Attended the Law Council of Australia – AAT Liaison Committee Meeting |
11 May 2018 | Chaired the Law Council of Australia 'Hot Topics in Commonwealth Compensation' |
18 May 2018 | Presented an award at the AAT National Outcomes on Time ('Noot') 2018 Competition |
6–8 June 2018 | Attended and chaired a session at the COAT National Conference 2018 |
Justice Banks-Smith
Justice Banks-Smith is:
- Chair of the Notre Dame Law School Advisory Board, and
- a Member of the Perth Children's Hospital Ethics Committee.
Date | Activity |
---|---|
23 February 2018 | Attended Law Society Summer School |
8 March 2018 | Spoke at the International Women's Day reception – Squire Patton Boggs |
8 March 2018 | Guest speaker at the Department of Public Prosecutions International Women's Day reception |
16 March 2018 | Attended the 2018 Women Lawyers Honours Award night |
7 May 2018 | Chaired Notre Dame Law School Advisory Committee meeting |
14 May 2018 | Attended the Law Society Law Week Breakfast with the Attorney General |
16 May 2018 | Attended Lavan's 120 years of providing legal services in Western Australia with the Honourable Chief Justice Wayne Martin AC |
6 June 2018 | Presented Law School prizes at Notre Dame University Graduation Function |
12 June 2018 | Presented a workshop at the Bar Readers' Course on Ethics |
19 June 2018 | Attended dinner with the Chief Justice and Justices of the High Court of Australia |
21 June 2018 | Hosted a Piddington Society presentation by the Honourable Justice James Edelman at the Federal Court of Australia |