Date: 06 Feb 2008, Filed under: Business & Commercial Law, International Law
Australian legal services are in high demand in the international market. But the recently elected Rudd Government has been quiet on future initiatives...
Date: 07 Jun 2007, Filed under: International Law
Australian and New Zealand lawyers will see closer jurisdictional ties when it comes to court proceedings, thanks to a new treaty proposed by a Trans-Tasman...
Date: 20 Dec 2006, Filed under: Business & Commercial Law, Trade & Customs, Constitutional Law, Local Government, International Law
On 7 February 2005 the Hon. Philip Ruddock asked the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs to inquire into and...
Date: 05 Dec 2006, Filed under: Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, International Law
In recent times there has been a significant debate about the process for appointing judges in Australia. Much of the debate has been triggered by recent...
Date: 03 Aug 2006, Filed under: Court Appearances, Business & Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Local Government, International Law
Australian lawyers are inundated with advertisements for overseas positions in places such as London, Hong Kong, New York and Dubai. The volume of postings...
Date: 17 Oct 2003, Filed under: Business & Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, International Law
Following the Thirty-Fifth session of the Assembly of the Madrid Union ("the Assembly"), taking place from 22 September to 1 October 2003, trade mark filers...
Date: 14 Oct 2003, Filed under: Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, International Law
Food companies and fast food restaurants in America are preparing themselves to be the next targets of America's obsession with class action litigation....
Date: 14 Oct 2003, Filed under: Business & Commercial Law, Competition & Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property, International Law
June 2003 has seen the implementation of three new trademark regulations by China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce ("SAIC") designed to...
Date: 07 Oct 2003, Filed under: Building & Construction law, International Law
The government has now released for comment the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Bill (Bill), which if passed, will create radical change...
Date: 17 Sep 2003, Filed under: Business & Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, International Law
The Trade Marks Act, 1953 ("the previous Act") has been repealed and the Trade Marks Act 2002 ("the Act") has come into force as of 20 August 2003, introducing...
