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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.

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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,

Justice Andrew Bell opines on arbitration and choice of court agreements

June 17, 2020/in Views/by Michael Douglas

By 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

April 10, 2020/in Views/by Michael Douglas

The 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

February 29, 2020/in News/by Michael Douglas

In 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.

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