About Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas is Senior Lecturer at UWA Law School and a litigation lawyer at a firm in Perth, Western Australia. He is co-author of the 10th edition of Nygh's Conflict of Laws in Australia.
Entries by Michael Douglas
Investment Awards vs Sovereign Immunity: Navigating the Enforcement Maze
/in Views/by Michael DouglasBy Cara North, Counsel, Ashurst The intersection of foreign State immunity and the enforcement of international arbitral awards has been a hotly contested issues in recent years. First the question was whether a State has waived immunity from court processes concerning recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards by ratifying the 1965 Convention of Settlement of […]
Registration open: Australasian Association of Private International Law Conference, Sydney, 16-17 April 2026
/in News/by Michael DouglasRegistrations for the 2026 AAPrIL Conference, to be held on 16 and 17 Apriil 2026,
AAPrIL’s Feb 2026 Seminar: Pitel on ‘Reconsidering the “Proper Party” Basis for Jurisdiction’
/in News/by Michael DouglasOn Thursday 12 February 2026, the
Call for papers: Australasian Association of Private International Law Conference 2026
/in News/by Michael DouglasThe second annual conference of the Australasian Association of Private International Law will be held from Thursday 16 to Friday 17 April at
New book: Legal Challenges of China’s One Belt One Road Initative: Private International Law Considerations
/in News/by Michael DouglasA new book Legal Challenges of China’s One Belt One Road Initative: Private International Law Considerations edited by
AAPrIL’s June online seminar: The Law of the Arbitration Agreement – Australasian Perspectives
/2 Comments/in News/by Michael DouglasOn Wednesday, 11 June 2025, the
Report from the inaugural conference of the Australasian Association of Private International Law (AAPrIL)
/in News/by Michael DouglasOn 16 and 17 April 2025, the