Speeches and Papers by Former Chief Justice Allsop
Chief Justice, 2013 - 2023
Ceremonial sitting of the Full Court to farewell the Honourable Chief Justice Allsop AC - Sydney
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31 Mar 2023
Farewell sitting of the Full Court for the Honourable Chief Justice Allsop AC - Brisbane
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17 Mar 2023
Farewell sitting of the Full Court for the Honourable Chief Justice Allsop AC - Perth
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14 Mar 2023
Farewell sitting of the Full Court for the Honourable Chief Justice Allsop AC - Melbourne
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08 Mar 2023
Farewell sitting of the Full Court for the Honourable Chief Justice Allsop AC - Adelaide
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24 Feb 2023
Farewell sitting for the Honourable Chief Justice Allsop AC - Hobart
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03 Feb 2023
Being a judge
Delivered to the PNG Bench and Bar Dinner Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
17 Nov 2022
Independence and apparent bias: Judicial and arbitral confidence: Halliburton v Chubb
The Goff Lecture 2022, Sydney and Hong Kong
03 Nov 2022
Piercing the corporate veil: recent international developments
38th Annual Conference of the Banking & Financial Services Law Association
26 Aug 2022
AILA National Conference 2022 - Opening address
AILA National Conference
11 Aug 2022
Thinking about law: The importance of how we attend and of context
Middle Temple, London
18 Jul 2022
Commercial arbitration in Australia
ACICA Book Launch Event for Doug Jones and Janet Walker, Sydney
22 Jun 2022
Academy of Law: A sense of common purpose
Presented to the Academy of Law
21 Jun 2022
Being a judge: Judicial technique, independence and labels
Sir Harry Gibbs Memorial Oration, Sydney
30 Apr 2022
Advocacy in tax cases: A view from the bench
2022 Australian Bar Association National Conference, Melbourne
29 Apr 2022
The Courtroom post COVID-19
2022 Australian Bar Association National Conference, Melbourne
28 Apr 2022
The culture of the legal profession: lessons of the past and hope for the future
Queensland Law Society Symposium, Brisbane
11 Mar 2022
Thinking about law: The importance of how we attend and of context
Australian Academy of Law Tenth Annual Patron’s Address, Melbourne
21 Oct 2021
Keynote address: Law, power and government responsibility
Australian Government Legal Services Conference
14 Oct 2021
International Commercial Courts: Next frontier or latest trend?
Singapore International Commercial Court Symposium 2021 (online)
10 Mar 2021
The future of the administration of justice – how to best manage easing of the restrictions – is a return to the past practices feasible or desirable? What lessons have we learnt?
AIJA Online Conference Series
30 Sep 2020
The changing manifestation of risk: Comments on innovation, unconscionability and the duty of utmost good faith
Geoff Masel Lecture
10 Jun 2020
Statutes and equity
Kenneth Sutton Lecture, Sydney
12 Nov 2019
AILA National Conference 2019 - Opening Address
Held in Hobart
30 Oct 2019
The intersection of companies and trusts
Harold Ford Memorial Lecture, Melbourne
26 Sep 2019
Unconscionability - In equity and in statute
University of Tasmania
23 Sep 2019
Constitutional Framework for the Establishment of an Australian International Commercial Tribunal
Symposium to honour Professor Leslie Zines
07 Sep 2019
Free will and the law: New perspectives
Book launch
21 Aug 2019
12th Annual Whitmore Lecture
Council of Australasian Tribunals (NSW Chapter)
Speeches and papers by Chief Justice Allsop
04 Apr 2019
Technology and the future of the courts
TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Special Lecture Series on Technology and the Future of the Legal Profession
26 Mar 2019
Courts as (living) institutions and workplaces
2019 Joint Federal & Supreme Court Conference, Hobart
23 Jan 2019
Australian Bar Association and NSW Bar Association Biennial Conference
Sydney
Speeches and papers by Chief Justice Allsop
17 Nov 2018
The rule of law is not a law of rules
Annual Quayside Oration
01 Nov 2018
Opening address at the AILA National Conference
Speeches and papers by Chief Justice Allsop
01 Nov 2018
The role of law in international commercial arbitration
CIArb Inaugural Annual Lecture,
Melbourne
15 Oct 2018
The judicialisation of values
Law Council of Australia and Federal Court of Australia Joint Competition Law Conference Dinner
Sydney
30 Aug 2018
Uncertainty as part of certainty: appreciating the limits of definitional clarity and embracing the uncertainty inherent in any matter of complexity
Australian Academy of Science and Australian Academy of Law Joint Symposium
23 Aug 2018
Welcome of delegates to 2018 Biennial Conference of the International Law Association to reception at the Federal Court of Australia
Speeches and papers by Chief Justice Allsop
20 Aug 2018
The place that launched a thousand ships: some Hellenic influences on maritime law and commerce
Hellenic Australian Lawyers Association International Conference on Contemporary Legal Issues and the Influence of Hellenism
Rhodes, Greece
12 Jul 2018
Commercial and investor-state arbitration: the importance of recognising their differences
ICCA Congress 2018, Sydney
Opening Keynote Address
16 Apr 2018
The law as an expression of the whole personality
2017 Sir Maurice Byers Lecture
01 Nov 2017
The role and future of the Federal Court within the Australian judicial system
40th Anniversary of the Federal Court of Australia Conference
08 Sep 2017
Rules and values in law: Greek philosophy; the limits of text; restitution; and neuroscience - anything in common?
First given as a lecture at a seminar of the Hellenic Australian Lawyers Association - Queensland Chapter
29 Mar 2017
Values in law: how they influence and shape rules and the application of law
2016 Hochelaga Lecture
Centre for Comparative and Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
20 Oct 2016
Class Actions
Keynote address at Law Council of Australia Forum, Class Actions 2016 Key Topics
13 Oct 2016
Characterisation: its place in contractual analysis and related enquiries
Contracts in Commercial Law Conference, Sydney
18 Dec 2015
Comity and commerce
Address to the 16th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia & the Pacific
27 Nov 2015
The role of the Courts in Australia's arbitration regime
Commercial CPD Seminar Series, Melbourne
11 Nov 2015
Remarks made by Chief Justice Allsop at launch of the CommBar Equitable Briefing Initiative held at the Federal Court of Australia
Forbes Society Lecture
11 Nov 2015
Restitution: some historical remarks
Forbes Society Lecture
04 Nov 2015
Values in public law
National Commercial Law Seminar
27 Oct 2015
Conscience, fair-dealing and commerce – parliaments and the courts
Presented at "Finn's Law: an Australian justice". A conference in honour of Professor Paul Finn
25 Sep 2015
Australia - a vital commercial hub in the Asia Pacific region: the importance of and challenges for Australian commercial courts and arbitral institutions
National Commercial Law Seminar
25 Feb 2015
Some observations as to why Toongabbie Legal Centre is important
Toongabbie Legal Centre
28 Nov 2014
International commercial arbitration – the courts and the rule of law in the Asia Pacific region
2ND Annual Global Arbitration Review, Sydney
11 Nov 2014
An invitation to speak at the Lord Dyson lecture on "The Jackson Reforms to Civil Justice in the UK"
Speeches and papers by Chief Justice Allsop
09 Sep 2014
Judicial support of arbitration
A paper presented at the APRAG Tenth Anniversary Conference, Melbourne
28 Mar 2014
Civility, reason, fairness and justice, and the law
Speech for the dinner following the opening of the law term service at the Great Synagogue Sydney
12 Feb 2014
Recent charterparty decisions
Lunchtime Lecture for MLAANZ and University of Newcastle
26 Jun 2013
Welcome of the Honourable Chief Justice Allsop AO, Perth
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13 May 2013
Welcome of the Honourable Chief Justice Allsop AO, Melbourne
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06 May 2013
Welcome of the Honourable Chief Justice Allsop AO, Brisbane
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02 May 2013
Incoherence in Australian private international laws
Article based on a paper delivered at the Sydney Centre for International Law conference, 'Facing Outwards: Australian Private International Law in the 21st Century' (Sydney Law School, 10 April 2013).
10 Apr 2013
Swearing in and welcome of the Honourable Chief Justice Allsop AO
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04 Mar 2013
An introduction to the jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Australia
Speeches and papers by Chief Justice Allsop
01 Oct 2007
