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
Facebook’s further attempts to resist the jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Australia futile
/in Views/by Michael DouglasEarlier in the year,
Justice Andrew Bell opines on arbitration and choice of court agreements
/in Views/by Michael DouglasBy Michael Douglas and Mhairi Stewart Andrew Bell is a leader of private international law in Australia. His scholarly work includes Forum Shopping and Venue in Transnational Litigation (Oxford Private International Law Series, 2003) and several editions of Nygh’s Conflict of Laws in Australia (see LexisNexis, 10th ed, 2019). As a leading silk, he was […]
Choice of Australian Aboriginal Customary Law
/in Views/by Michael DouglasThe relationship between the conflict of laws and constitutional law is close in many legal systems, and Australia is no exception. Leading Australian conflict of laws cases, including, for example,
Australia’s first contested ICSID enforcement
/in News/by Michael DouglasIn February, the Federal Court of Australia delivered its judgment on the first contested enforcement of International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) awards in Australia.