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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

Denial of Natural Justice as a Defence to Enforcement of a Chinese Judgment in Australia

June 12, 2023/in Views/by Michael Douglas

In Yin v Wu [2023] VSCA 130, the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria set aside a judgment

Of Hints, Cheats, and Walkthroughs – The Australian Consumer Law, The Digital Economy, and International Trade

March 28, 2023/in Views/by Michael Douglas

By Dr Benjamin Hayward Those who enjoy playing video games as a pastime

New rules on service outside Australia for the Federal Court of Australia

January 16, 2023/in Views, News/by Michael Douglas

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Chinese Case Law Collection Adds to the CISG’s Jurisconsultorium: Reflections on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and its Domestic Implementations

November 21, 2022/in Views/by Michael Douglas

Conflict of Laws of Freedom of Speech on Elon Musk’s Twitter

May 12, 2022/in Views/by Michael Douglas

Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter has been a divisive event. Commenting on the response on Twitter and elsewhere,

Defending the Rule in Antony Gibbs

August 18, 2021/in Views/by Michael Douglas

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Epic’s Fight to #freefortnite: Challenging Exclusive Foreign Choice of Court Agreements under Australian Law

July 26, 2021/1 Comment/in Views/by Michael Douglas

By Sarah McKibbin, University of Southern Queensland Epic Games, the developer of the highly popular and lucrative online video game Fortnite, recently won an appeal against tech juggernaut, Apple, in Australia’s Federal Court.

Australian webinar on UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures 2001

May 12, 2021/2 Comments/in News/by Michael Douglas

Electronic commerce: past, present and future The UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee for Australia (UNCCA) invites you to attend its Seventh Annual May Seminar, to be held online as a webinar. This year we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce 1996, and the 20th Anniversary of the UNCITRAL Model Law […]

RCD Holdings Ltd v LT Game International (Australia) Ltd Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses — Whither Inconvenience?

December 3, 2020/in News/by Michael Douglas

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Facebook’s further attempts to resist the jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Australia futile

September 18, 2020/in Views/by Michael Douglas

Earlier in the year,

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