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Australia has often been described as the “lucky country”. Blessed with spectacular coastlines and landscapes as well as bountiful natural resources, Australia’s international prominence has grown throughout the past century as her products and people have become increasingly mobile. During this period, the development of private international law rules has been left, principally, to the Courts and to […]
The Attorney-General’s Department of the Australian Government is currently
Amidst a
The next event in the Herbert Smith Private International Law Seminar Series at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law will take place on Tuesday 29 May, from 5:30pm, at the Institute’s concrete bunker, Charles Clore House, Russell Square, London W1. Entitled “Jurisdiction of the North-American Courts: When Will the Long Arm Reach You?”, […]
Yesterday (10 May), the European Parliament adopted an own-initiative (non-legislative) resolution on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II) calling for action in the area of claims for violations of privacy and rights relating to personality, including defamation. As is well known (and long debated on this site – see
Another win for the West Tankers’ team in the latest round of the long running litigation. In a decision delivered on 4 April 2012 (
Two private international law offerings from the wise folk of the Court of Justice before they disappear on their Christmas vacations. First, the judgment in
On 17 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its
The Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department, joining with Monash University’s Faculty of Law and the Supreme Court of Victoria, has organised a conference at Monash Law Chambers, Melbourne on 29 November 2011 (5-7pm) on the subject of “Tackling the legal challenges in cross-border transactions”. The panel of five speakers includes Professor Marta Pertegás (Hague Conference on Private International […]
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law’s Private International Law series (sponsored by Herbert Smith LLP) is moving into its Autumn programme with two events on Wednesdays 2 and 9 November (17:00 to 19:00), to be held at the Institute’s London headquarters (Charles Clore House, Russell Square). The first, entitled