Publications

Trade mark infringement proceedings commonly include a cross-claim for revocation of the relevant mark. Attack is one of the best forms of defence

The High Court granted special leave to the Commissioner to appeal the decision of Commissioner of Taxation v Australian Building Systems Pty Ltd (in liq)

Capacity to distinguish an applicant’s goods or services from those of other traders is a prerequisite to registration of a trade mark

The High Court’s decision in Cantarella Bros v Modena Trading by the Federal Court, Justice Middleton has found that the trade mark is invalid

Questions of public international law do not, alas, arise regularly in the daily legal practice of most Australian lawyers

The Victorian Supreme Court was presented with an urgent application to enforce a Swiss arbitral award

The High Court of Australia has today handed down two judgments regarding shelf orders and other extension of time orders, both cases arising from the Octaviar liquidations

Knight v Shuard [2015] VSC 36

​This paper accompanied a presentation considering the criminal sanctions and civil penalties imposed for directors’ breaches under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

The Federal Court imposed civil penalties & compliance orders on Snowy Hydro for its failure to comply with dispatch instructions issued by the Australian Energy Market Operator