Appendix 8: Judges' Activities

Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2015-2016

Chief Justice Allsop
Justice Mansfield
Justice Dowsett
Justice Kenny
Justice Siopis
Justice Greenwood
Justice Rares
Justice Collier
Justice Tracey
Justice Middleton
Justice Logan
Justice McKerracher
Justice Jagot
Justice Foster
Justice Barker
Justice Yates
Justice Bromberg
Justice Katzmann
Justice Robertson
Justice Murphy
Justice Ross
Justice Griffiths
Justice Pagone
Justice Mortimer
Justice Rangiah
Justice Wigney
Justice Perry
Justice Edelman

Chief Justice Allsop

DateActivity
1–3 Jul 2015Attended the London CIArb Centenary Conference: 'The London Principles' hosted at The London Guildhall. He presented a paper entitled 'Courts and arbitration as partners in the international dispute resolution project' which has been published by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
20 AugAttended the Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture, in memory of Justice Richard Ellard Cooper, a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia held at the Court in Brisbane.
5–6 Sep
12–13 Sep
LAWS7865 Maritime Law lecturing at the TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland.
16 SepAttended the 42nd Annual AMTAC Address held at the Federal Court in Perth.
17 SepChaired the AMTAC Conference session entitled 'International Law'.
17 SepAttended the Perth launch of CIArb Centenary Celebration at Clyde & Co. Opened the event and gave a short speech.
21 SepRequested by the French Australian Lawyers Society to be involved in the Henri Capitant book project. He wrote two chapters that will be translated into French for the book project. The two chapters were: Chapter 3: Sources of Methods of Law (written by Chief Justice Allsop and Kathleen Morris); and Chapter 11: Restitution and Unjust Enrichment (written by Chief Justice Allsop and Justice Edelman).
23 SepAttended the Australian Disputes Centre and Melbourne Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Centre's inaugural joint seminar in Sydney. He delivered a speech entitled 'The Development and adoption of an 'Australian Commercial Law'.
25 SepAttended Conference in honour of Professor Paul Finn in Canberra and delivered speech 'Conscience, Fair-Dealing and Commerce – Parliaments and the Courts'. The speech is to be published in a book to be published by Federation Press and will also be published in the Australian Law Journal.
1 OctAttended the public lecture by the Right Hon the Lord Igor Judge 'Magna Carta: Destiny or Accident?' held at the Federal Court, Sydney.
9 OctAttended the Victorian Bar and Law Institute Victoria Conference 2015 participating in panel session entitled 'New Standards in Regulatory Matters: litigation as a regulatory tool'.
27 OctDelivered the second James Spigelman Oration entitled 'Values in Public Law' which is to be published in The Judicial Review and Australian Law Journal.
4 NovPresented a paper at the Forbes Society Australian Legal History Tutorial entitled 'Restitution: Some Historical Remarks'. The paper is to be published in the Australian Law Journal.
5 NovAttended a Baker & McKenzie and the French Australian Lawyers Society joint event on the occasion of the visit of the Paris Bar delegation to Australia.
6 NovAttended a meeting at the Federal Court Sydney with the Chief Justice of Myanmar and Justice Takdir Rahmadi, representing the Chief Justice of Indonesia.
6 NovAttended the opening of the LawAsia Conference in Sydney.
7–8 NovAttended the 16th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific in Sydney and gave an address entitled 'Comity & Commerce'.
9 NovChief Justice Allsop participated and presented a paper at the LawAsia Conference Plenary Session entitled 'Asia as a Law Area – a case study on commercial law and arbitration'.
11 NovAttended and spoke at the launch of the CommBar Equitable briefing initiative at the Federal Court in Melbourne.
11 NovAttended the Commercial CPD Seminar held at Monash Law University. He presented a joint paper entitled 'The Role of the Courts in Commercial Arbitration' with the Honourable Justice Croft from the Supreme Court of Victoria.
12 NovAttended the Law Society Planning Conference 2015 at Hydro Majestic Hotel, Medlow Bath. The session he presented was 'Access to Justice: A Judicial Perspective'.
17 NovAttended the New South Wales Bar Association invitation event 'Tipping the Scales' held in The Banco Court.
24 NovPresented the Opening Address at the ACICA/CIArb (Australia) and BLS 3rd International Arbitration Conference 'Opportunities and challenges for dispute resolution in the next century' held in Sydney.
25 NovAttended by invitation to 'A Masterclass on Evidence and Procedure in International Arbitration: – is there a Global Best Practice?' from the Australian Branch of the International Law Association for Arbitration Week.
25 NovAttended the 14th Annual Clayton Utz International Arbitration Lecture 2015 entitled 'Dynamics, discretion and diversity – A recipe for unpredictability in international arbitration?' held at the Federal Court, Sydney.
26 NovAttended the Indigenous Imprisonment Symposium organised by the Law Council of Australia.
1-5 DecAttended The Hague Conference on Private International Law. He was chair of the Experts' Group Meeting on the Use of Video-link and Other Modern Technologies in the Taking of Evidence Abroad.
19 DecAttended Contracts in Commercial Law Conference at the Domain Theatre, Art Gallery of New South Wales. He presented a paper in Session 5: Breach and Termination entitled 'Characterisation of contractual terms and commercial relationships'. This paper is due to be published in Thomson Reuters publication which is a collection of papers presented at the conference entitled Contracts in Commercial Law (2016).
2016
21–22 Jan 2016Attended 'Doing business across Asia: Legal Convergence in an Asian Century, International Conference' in Singapore. He spoke on Panel 2 – Asian Economic Expansion – The role of legal and regulatory frameworks.
1 FebSpoke at the Community Opening of the Legal Term in Waldron Hall, County Court, Melbourne.
8 FebAttended the Ceremonial sitting to mark the Fiftieth Anniversary of the first sitting of the Court of Appeal in the Banco Court.
11 FebAttended the Annual Bannerman Competition Lecture at Herbert Smith Freehills, Melbourne.
6-8 MarAttended seminar between the Federal Court of Australia and Supreme Court of Indonesia in Jakarta. He presented a paper entitled 'The role of the Judiciary in Maintaining Business Confidence: Seminar on The Role of the Legal Sector in Improving the Ease of Doing Business in Indonesia'.
16-18 MarAttended the National Judges Workshop in Melbourne.
13 AprAttended the Australian Insurance Law Association event at Norton Rose Fulbright, Melbourne. He discussed the Federal Court's commitment to providing commercial dispute mechanisms for the insurance community in a flexible, efficient and cost- effective manner through the newly established Insurance List for Short Matters as part of the National Court Framework reforms.
22 AprAttended the Industrial Bar Association and the Workplace Relations Section of the Law Institute of Victoria event held at the Federal Court Melbourne.
28-30 AprAttended the Council of Chief Justices meeting in Hobart, Tasmania.
3-6 MayAttended the 42nd International Comité Maritime International/Maritime Law Association of the United States 2016 New York Conference.
5 MayGave a speech at the Nicholas J Healy Lecture on Admiralty Law entitled 'Comity and Unity in Maritime Law'.
8-11 MayAttended the ICCA Mauritius 2016 Conference at which he presented the keynote speech at the Second Plenary entitled 'International Arbitration and its Conformity with the Rule of Law'.
20 MayAttended the Judges and the Academy Seminar at Monash University Law Chambers as the judicial respondent to Jane Stapleton's paper on causation.
24 MayAttended the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (MLAANZ) – Proposed reform of the Commonwealth Marine Insurance Act 1909 meeting in the Federal Court, Sydney.
25 MayAttended the Ngara Yura seminar entitled 'Who speaks for Country' held at the Judicial Commission, Sydney.
30 MayA panellist at the CALD Research Workshop held at Melbourne Law School.
3 JunAttended the Future of Law Reporting in Australia Forum 2016 held in conjunction with the 36th Annual Meeting of the Consultative Council of Australian Law Reporting at Federal Court, Sydney.
14-16 JunTravelled to Myanmar for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Supreme Court of the Union of Myanmar and the Federal Court of Australia.
23 JunAttended as a special guest at the International Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Series launch event at Baker and McKenzie. Mr Justin Gleeson SC, Solicitor-General, Commonwealth of Australia delivered the keynote address.
27 JunChair for the CIArb Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration event at the Federal Court, Sydney.


Justice Mansfield

12 Aug 2015Chaired at the Law Society of South Australia Seminar entitled 'Native Title Update'
23 OctAttended the University of South Australia 13th Annual Competition Law and Economics Workshop
6 NovAfter Dinner Speaker at the SA Bar Association Annual Dinner
17 Feb 2016Presented at WA Bar Association Annual Dinner – paper entitled: "The role of the Bar"
21 MayPresented at the Competition Law Conference, Sydney – paper entitled The Economic Philosophy Underlying the Competition and Consumer Act: 'Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it'
11 JunPresented After Dinner Speech at NT Bar Association Annual Dinner 2015–2016 


Justice Dowsett

2015-2016Remains:
• a member of the Programs Advisory Committee of the National Judicial College of Australia
• a Community Member of The College of Law and
• the Chair of the University of Queensland Law School Advisory Board.
29 Jul 2015Marked the 30th anniversary of his appointment to the Bench.
20 AugAttended the 2015 Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture, '"A Diminished Nation?": The "races" power, non discrimination and the Native Title Act', presented by Professor Jonathan Fulcher, Brisbane.
9 SepChaired a meeting of the University of Queensland Law School Advisory Board, Brisbane.
7 OctAssisted with program development for the 'Dialogues on Being a Judge' Conference, Mt Lofty, South Australia; was co presenter to welcome participants and introduce the conference programme; was co presenter for the session 'Judicial reticence or public engagement; My view of the judges' role' and co chaired a panel discussion in respect of the sessions 'Judicial reticence and the public interest' and 'Judicial reticence or public engagement' and the plenary session.
17 NovAttended the 2015 Annual General Meeting of The College of Law, Sydney.
14-15 DecAttended the 'Private Law in the 21st Century' Conference, Brisbane.
25-27 Jan 2016Welcomed Senator the Honourable George Brandis QC, the Commonwealth Attorney- General to the Supreme and Federal Court Judges' Conference held in Brisbane and introduced the session 'A panel and forum discussion on construction of contracts'.
5 FebAttended a combined meeting in Canberra of the National Judicial College of Australia Council and Programmes Advisory Committee to consider the Glanfield Report.
6-7 FebAttended the National Judicial College of Australia's 'Current Issues in Sentencing' Conference, Canberra.
11 MarPresided and co judged at the practice moot for the University of Queensland team prior to the Phillip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition World Rounds in Washington.
29 AprChaired the session 'Collateral Litigation' at the Native Title Forum, Federal Court, Brisbane.
19 MayPresented the final address, 'The 20th Century – the Courts Quiescent! The 21st Century – the Courts Militant?' to the Bar Practice Course of 66 readers for the Bar Association of Queensland, Brisbane.
21 MayChaired the session, 'Forecasting SLC: economics versus lawyers' at the Competition Law Conference, Sydney.
27 MayAttended a meeting of the Programmes Advisory Committee of the National Judicial College of Australia, Canberra.
30 JuneAwarded an Honorary LLM and Honorary Fellowship of The College of Law. 


Justice Kenny

2015–2016Justice Kenny is a:
• member of the Council of the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration
• Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law
• College Fellow of St Hilda's College, University of Melbourne
• Chair, Asian Law Centre Advisory Board, Melbourne University Law School and
• member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand
Aug 2015Interviewee for a series of filmed interviews for students studying legal studies or law. Oct A member of the Selection Committee for Menzies Scholarships in Law.
NovCo-taught with Professor Adrienne Stone, 'Constitutional Rights and Freedoms', in the Masters' Program, Melbourne Law School.
DecPublished 'Women at the IP Bar: A Case for Unpacking the "Merit" Ideal', 104 Intellectual Property Forum 19.
Feb 2016Chaired session 'Developments from the Political Hotspot of NSW' at 2016 Constitutional Law Conference, Gilbert + Tobin Centre for Public Law UNSW, with the support of AACL.
MarchPresented paper at authors' conference for Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution, edited by Laureate Professor Cheryl Saunders and Professor Adrienne Stone.
MarchPublished (with Christopher Sexton), 'A Tribute to the Honourable Dr Annabelle Bennett AP, SC' 104 Intellectual Property Forum 9.
AprInterviewed by the Menzies Foundation for series 'Scholars in action'.
MayParticipated in External Review of the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, Melbourne Law School.
MayParticipated in Academic Awards Dinner at St Hilda's College, University of Melbourne. 
JunContributed chapter, 'Evolution', to Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution, edited by Laureate Professor Cheryl Saunders and Professor Adrienne Stone


Justice Siopis

8 Apr 2016Gave the welcome speech at Australian Women Lawyers Conference 2016.
17 MayAttended as an Event Ambassador for the Inaugural Law Access Walk for Justice held on National Pro Bono Day.
24 MayPresided at Jones Day Interlaw Trial Advocacy Championship Grand Final.


Justice Greenwood

1 Jul 2015 to 31 Dec2015Participated in a series of organisational meetings for the National Integrity Conference sponsored by Griffith University.
AugParticipated in the Bar Practice Course Native Title Seminar.
AugAttended the Sydney Competition Law Conference and chaired a session at the Conference.
NovDelivered lectures at the University of Queensland Law School on the topics of Federal jurisdiction and practice and procedure in the Federal Court of Australia.
1 Jan 2016 to 30 Jun 2016Participated in a series of organisational meetings for the National Integrity Conference sponsored by Griffith University.
MayDelivered further lectures on Federal jurisdiction and practice and procedure in the Federal Court at the University of Queensland Law School.


Justice Rares

2015-2016Justice Rares is:
• President of the Judicial Conference of Australia since October 2014, having previously served as vice-President from 2013
• a member of the Board of Management of the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration and retired as a member of the Steering Committee of the National Judicial Orientation Program on 31 December 2015
• the Chairman of the Consultative Council of Australian Law Reporting
• the Presiding Member of the Admiralty Rules Committee established under the Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth) and
• a member of the Comité Maritime International's International Working Group on Offshore Activities.
7 Jul 15Judging Panel Member – International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot Grand Final, Melbourne.
4–5 Sep Guest speaker at opening session of annual Banking and Financial Services Law Association (BFSLA) Conference Speech titled 'Consistency and Conflict – Cross-Border Insolvency'. 
16–18 Sep Attended MLAANZ Annual Conference, Perth.
9–11 Oct Delivered Speech to Judicial Conference of Australia Colloquium, Adelaide titled 'Why Magna Carta still matters'.
12–17 Oct Attended 8th International Conference of Maritime Law hosted by Dalian Maritime University, China. Delivered speech on subject of Cross-Border Insolvency. Met with members of the SPC to discuss collaboration between the SPC and FCA.
20 Oct 17Guest speaker at book launch of Dr Simon Blount's text Electronic Contracts (2nd ed).
17 NovSpeaker at Twilight Seminar held by Society of Notaries of NSW, speech titled 'The Importance of Notaries in International Arbitrations and the Admiralty Jurisdiction'.
23–27 Jan 2016 Attended Supreme and Federal Court Judges Conference, Brisbane.
17 FebDelivered opening address to the MLAANZ Mini-Conference, Sydney.
15 MarDelivered address title 'Balancing judicial resources, case management and the imperatives of Class Actions in the interests of justice' to the UNSW Faculty of Law CLE/ CPD Seminar on Class Actions: Case management and Settlement Distributions in focus.
19 AprGuest lecturer at Tulane University Law School (New Orleans, Louisiana) with Professor Robert Force.
4–6 May Attended the Comité Maritime International 2016 Colloquium in New York, USA and panellist with Judge Robert E Gerber and Professor Martin Davies on topic: 'Recent cross-border trends and developments affecting shipping insolvencies, including the interplay of maritime and bankruptcy law, and the potential need for a protocol to the UNCITRAL Model Law addressing in rem actions.'
12 MayPresented opening remarks to readers participating in the Federal Court of Australia practice day in the NSW Bar Practice Course.
21 MayAttended the Competition Law Conference and chaired session presented by Luke Woodward on the topic 'The Use and Misuse of Section 46', with a commentary by Dr Geoff Edwards of Charles River Associates.
27 MayAttended the joint Australian Institute of Judicial Administration and Judicial Conference of Australia symposium on 'Challenges of Social Media for Courts and Tribunals'; chaired session on Social Media and Courts and Tribunals – A view from Government with speaker Attorney-General George Brandis QC; moderated panel discussion on 'When social media is used maliciously or contemptuously to denigrate, threaten or cyberstalk judicial officers or tribunal members: the issues involved, can judicial officers and tribunal members be protected, and the potential for government response and panellist in session What can be done: the way forward'.
3 JunChaired the 36th annual general meeting and open conference of the Consultative Council of Australian Law Reporting in Sydney.


Justice Collier

1 July 2015 Delivered a paper entitled 'The influence of the Magna Carta on Papua New Guinea law' at The Sir Salamo Injia Lecture Series at the University of Papua New Guinea.
23 AugSpoke at the Bar Association of Queensland Employment and Industrial Relations Conference 2015.
28 AugParticipated on a judicial panel at the Queensland Law Society Senior Counsellors' Conference 2015.
4 SepPresented a paper entitled 'When little knowledge is a dangerous thing – some thoughts on the duties of directors and corporate officers in Australian law' at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Banking & Financial Services Law Association.
13-18 SepFacilitated a session 'Writing judgments and delivering ex tempore judgments' at the Commonwealth Magistrates' and Judges' Association 17th Triennial Conference in New Zealand.


Justice Tracey

2015–2016Justice Tracey is a:
• member of the Advisory Board of the Centre of Public Law (University of Melbourne) and
• member of the Juris Doctor Advisory Board (Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University).


Justice Middleton

2015-2016Justice Middleton is a:
• Council Member of the University of Melbourne, Chairman of the University of Melbourne Foundation
• member of the American Law Institute
• member of Judicial Liaison Committee for Australian Centre for Commercial International Arbitration,
• Board member of the Victorian Bar Foundation
• Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and
• member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand.
3-10 Jul 2015Attended the Australian Bar Association Conference held in Washington and Boston in the United States of America.
30 SepChaired a symposium held by the Australian Law Reform Commission on the topic 'Fair trial, procedural fairness and other traditional rights', a symposium to discuss aspects of the ALRC Freedoms Inquiry.
9 OctPresented at the Victorian Bar's and Law Institute of Victoria's Conference 2015 concerning 'Thriving in an increasingly complex legal world', on a topic for panel discussion entitled 'The Four C's: Consumer & Competition Law; Class Actions; Contingency Fees'.
23 OctAttended function for the Australian Law Reform Commission – celebrating 40 years of law reform.
11 NovAttended the Launch of the CommBar Equitable Briefing Initiative.
3 Mar 17Presented at Wotton + Kearney solicitors, on the Federal Court Insurance Law List. 8 Mar Chaired session for Monash University, Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies for the National Commercial Law Seminar Series on the topic 'Intellectual Property update: D'Arcy v Myriad and its implications for patent law'.
14 AprDelivered the 2016 Melbourne University Law Review Annual Lecture, entitled 'Statutory Interpretation – Mainly a Matter of Common Sense'.
28 AprDelivered a paper in conjunction with Mr David O'Callaghan QC to the Victorian Bar Readers' Course on 'Written Advocacy'.
10 MayConversation with Professor Bryan Mercurio (from the Chinese University of Hong Kong) to discuss 'Does the international intellectual property framework need a facelift?' which was jointly held by the Federal Court and Melbourne Law School.
3 JunPresented at RACV to Legal Practioners regarding the Commercial and Company Practice Area.
7 JunChaired Tax Bar Association Ethics Seminar Series on the topic 'Direct Briefing – How to do it, when to do it and ethical considerations'.


Justice Logan

2015-2016Justice Logan is:
• Chairman (until the end of March 2016) of the Queensland Bar Association's Annual Conference Committee
• a member of the Board of Governors of Cromwell College within the University of Queensland
• a member of the Queensland Bar Association's South Pacific Region Education Committee and
• Co-Chairman of the Queensland Supreme Court Library's Ad Hoc Project Committee in respect of the Commemoration of the Service of Members and Prospective Members of the Queensland Legal Profession in the First World War.
19 Aug As guest lecturer, delivered lecture at TC Beirne School of Law University of Queensland, lecture on 'Appeals to the Federal Court of Australia'.
Sep Attended, at own expense, the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association Conference at Wellington, New Zealand and, on 16 September 2015, presented as a panel member a paper on 'Closing the Borders: Current Issues in Refugee Law'.
7–11 Sep Participated again as a volunteer member of the Queensland Bar Association teaching team conducting a Commercial Litigation Workshop at the PNG Legal Training Institute in Port Moresby.
10–11 Nov Attended the ANU/UNE Centenary of ANZAC Legal History Symposium in Armidale, NSW.
22 Jan 2016Delivered a speech 'The Immortal Memory' in support of a toast to Robert Burns at the St Andrew's Society of Scotland (Queensland) Burns Supper.
23–27 Jan Attended the Supreme and Federal Courts' Judges Conference, Brisbane.
18 Feb As Project Committee Co-Chairman, addressed the Official Opening by the Queensland Chief Justice of the 'In Freedom's Cause' exhibition and related publication to the service of members and prospective members of the Queensland Legal Profession in the First World War.
27 Feb Attended the Queensland Bar Association Annual Conference, Brisbane.
14 Apr Chaired panel of judges for the Grand Final of the QUT Law Society's 2016 King & Wood Mallesons Senior Moot.
11 Mar Member of judging panel for the University of Queensland Law School practice moot for the 2016 Jessup International Law Moot Competition.
16 Apr Delivered a paper, 'What now for Defence Force Discipline Appeals?' at the Joint Services Legal Panel (South-East-Queensland) Training Day.
23 May Attended and delivered as a panel member a paper on 'Statutory Construction' at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Members Conference, Twin Waters Resort, Sunshine Coast'.
9 Jun Delivered a paper, 'The Relationship between Parliament, the Judiciary and the Executive ('The Latimer House Principles')' at the 27th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Seminar.
27 Jun Chaired panel of judges for the University of Queensland Law School practice moot for the International Maritime Law Competition.


Justice McKerracher

2015–2016 Chaired several twilight Intellectual Property Seminars.
17 Jul 2015 Acted as a mock trial judge for the Australian Bar Association Essential Trial Advocacy Course.
16 Sep Attended the MLAANZ Conference and delivered a paper entitled 'A Regional International Maritime Dispute Resolution Centre'.
13–16 Oct Attended the 8th International Conference of Maritime Law (ICML 2015) in Dalian, China and delivered a paper on 'Maritime Litigation and Arbitration'.
25 Feb 2016 Chaired an Admiralty and Maritime Law Seminar in the WA Registry of the Federal Court. 
26 Feb Participated as a panellist at the Law Summer School on the topic of the 'Future of the Legal Profession'.
3 Mar Chaired a Law Society of Western Australia Seminar on 'Recent Developments in Australian Consumer Law'.
6 May Chaired a Piddington Pleadings Master Class Workshop hosted by Curtin Law School on 'Consumer Law and Unconscionable Conduct'.
23 May Delivered annual address on Federal Jurisdiction to the Western Australian Bar Association Bar Readers' Course.
8 Jun Delivered an after dinner address at the Royal Association of Justices of the Peace of WA (Inc), Stirling.


Justice Jagot

2 Sep 2015 Attended launch of, and delivered Keynote address at Asian Australian Lawyers' Association 2015 Mentoring Program Launch. Justice Jagot also acted as a mentor as part of this program.
12 Feb 2016 Chaired 'Recent Cases' session at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law's 2016 Constitutional Law Conference.
29 Mar Presented two papers at Commercial Law Association of Australia's 'Patents and Trade Marks Master Class', entitled 'Patent Infringement: "Purposive" construction, essential and inessential integers and infringing the "substantial idea" of the invention' and 'Patent Validity: "Law of enabling disclosure" in the UK. Does it form part of the law of novelty under the Patents Act 1990 (Cth)?'
4 Apr Conducted information and questions and answers session with Indigenous students from Tranby College enrolled in a Legal Advocacy course.
29 Apr Delivered paper titled 'A civil penalty case from the perspective of the Bench' at 2016 AGS Civil Regulators Forum in Canberra.
2 May Attended and spoke as panellist at inaugural Asian Australian Lawyers' Association William Lee Address.
2 Jun Judged Grand Final of Macquarie University Law School's Clayton Utz Senior Mooting Grand Final Competition.


Justice Foster

23–24 Oct 2015 Attended the 13th Annual Competition Law and Economics Workshop in Adelaide.
25 Nov At the invitation of the International Law Association and 12th Floor Chambers, Justice Foster participated in a panel discussing practical arbitration issues from the perspective of judges and practitioners. Other members of the panel included Michael Hwang SC and Lord Goldsmith.
5 Apr 2016 Presenter at a Practitioners' Consultation Forum held in Sydney regarding the Commercial and Corporations National Practice Area of the Court. The Forum was chaired by Justice Middleton and Justice Foster (the Court's National Coordinating Judges and Registry Coordinating Judges for the Commercial and Corporations National Practice Area). Topics for discussion included various Practice Notes and the establishment of a Standing Users' Group.
20 May Attended the Second Annual UNCITRAL Seminar held in Canberra.


Justice Barker

26 Aug 2015 Spoke at the University of Western Australia Blackstone (Law Students) Society Career Pathways presentation.
25 Sep Presented a paper entitled 'To Akiba and Beyond: Old Hopes and New Dreams for Native Title' at Finn's Law: An Australian Justice Conference in Canberra.
28 Oct Convened the Australian Academy of Law (WA Chapter) Annual Lecture presented by Prof Frank S Alexander "Neighbourhood stabilisation strategies for vacant and abandoned properties" in Perth.
22 Feb 2016 Presiding judge at the Notre Dame University International Commercial Arbitration Student Moot, Fremantle.


Justice Yates

22 Oct 2015 Justice YATES attended and addressed the 17th Biennial Copyright Law and Practice Symposium conducted by the Copyright Society of Australia and the Australian Copyright Council.
23–24 Oct 2015 Attended and addressed the 13th Annual Competition Law and Economics Workshop conducted by the University of South Australia.
26 Nov 2015 Delivered an address on Subpoenas, Interrogatories and Discovery at the College of Law Judges' Series.
21 May 2016 Attended the Competition Law Conference held in Sydney.
2016 Continues to be a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand.


Justice Bromberg

25 Aug 2015 Addressed students from the Melbourne Law School on 'Judicial Associateships'.
2 Feb 2016 Hosted the International Commission of Jurist's Opening of the 2016 Legal Year in his capacity as President of the ICJ Victoria.
15 Feb–4 Mar Hosted the Indigenous Clerkship Program held at the Federal Court in Melbourne. 
22 Apr Chaired a conversation at the Federal Court for Employment and Industrial Relations practitioners on the topic of 'Current Issues in the Practice of Employment and Industrial Law'.
16 Jun Hosted at the Federal Court the Judicial College of Victoria's Koori Twilight Forum on 'Communicating with Indigenous Witnesses'.
28 Jun Participated in the 'Judges in Conversation Series' interviewing Professor Philip Alston of New York University on 'Justiciability of Economic and Social Rights.'


Justice Katzmann

 Justice Katzmann is a:
• director of the Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation
• director of Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and
• member of the Advisory Committee of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law.
18 Sep 2015 Assisted with judging course participants at the Australian Bar Association Appellate Advocacy Course in Sydney.
30 Sep Launched The Wellness Doctrines for Law Students and Young Lawyers, written by Jerome Doraisamy.
6 Oct Participated in a questions and answer style panel discussion on the topic of 'Resilience in Law' as part of the University of Technology Sydney Law Students' Society (UTS LSS) Smile Project. The Smile Project is a UTS LSS initiative that focuses on the mental and physical wellbeing of law students.
20 Oct Judged the Grand Final of the Herbert Smith Freehills Contract Law Moot at the Sydney University Law Society.
5 Nov Presented a paper on Pleadings and Case Management at the College of Law Judges' Series.
18–19 Dec Attended the University of NSW 'Contracts in Commercial Law' Conference at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
25–27 Jan 2016 Attended the Supreme and Federal Court Judges' Conference in Brisbane.
4 Feb Delivered the Opening Address of the College of Law 2016 National Wellness for Law Forum with a paper entitled: 'Re-Wiring the Law'.
26–29 May Attended the IAWJ 13th Biennial International Conference in Washington, DC – USA – 'Women Judges and the Rule of Law: Assessing the Past, Anticipating the Future'.


Justice Robertson

4 Aug 2015 Provided an introduction and comments for a book launch. Federation Press, James Stellios, Zines's High Court and the Constitution (6th ed).
24 Aug Presented at University of Sydney Law School – LLM Series 'Statutory interpretation'. 26 Aug Presented at Judicial Education Workshop, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney, "judgment writing tips' with Perram J.
4 Sep Presented at Melbourne University Law School, Judges and the Academy: 'Natural Justice or Procedural Fairness'.
18–19 Sep Presented at: ABA Appellate Advocacy Course.
7–9 Oct Attended the conference – National Judicial College of Australia, Mr Lofty, Adelaide, 'Dialogues on being a judge'.
12 Nov Presented at College of Law, Banco Court, Law Courts Building, 'Affidavit Evidence'.
23–27 Jan 2016 Attended a Supreme & Federal Court Judges' Conference, Brisbane.
18–19 Dec Attended a conference, Art Gallery of NSW, UNSW Law, 'Contracts in Commercial Law 2015.
15–16 Mar Presented at Judges' Panel, International Transfer Pricing Conference, Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London.


Justice Murphy

27–31 Jul 2015 Lectured in 'Melbourne Law Masters – Class Actions', at University of Melbourne.
22 Oct Presented at Legal Leaders' Briefing on 'Class Actions and the National Court Framework', at Jones Day Lawyers, Sydney.
7 Dec Presented at Legal Leaders' Briefing on 'Class Actions and the National Court Framework', at Federal Court, Melbourne.
7 Apr 2016 Presented at the International Association of Defence Counsel Australian Regional Meeting on 'Class Actions', at Clayton Utz, Melbourne.


Justice Ross

28 Oct 2015 Participated in the Judicial Leadership Program (NJCA).
27 May 2016Attended the ALERA National Conference.
22 Mar Attended the VECCI – Workplace Relations Practitioners Forum.
31 Mar Presented at Sydney University on the Equal Remuneration Decision.


Justice Griffiths

2015–2016 Justice Griffiths is a committee member of AIJA Indigenous Justice Committee
23–24 Jul 2015 Launched Zines's The High Court and the Constitution 6th edition by James Stellios at Constitution Law Conference 2015 – Melbourne
27 Jul Attended the Constitutional Aspects of Commonwealth and State Application Laws – NSW Bar Association Public Law Section.
4 Aug Attended launch by Sir Anthony Mason of Zines's The High Court and the Constitution 6th edition by James Stellios.
17 Aug Attended NSW Bar Association Public Law Section "Unifying Principles in Administrative and Criminal Law".
20 Aug Attended Richard Cooper Memorial Lecture.
25 Sep Attended Finn's Law: An Australian Justice – A Conference in Honour of Professor Paul Finn – Canberra.
Published article on "Application of the Australian Consumer Law to Government Activities" [2015] Commercial Law Quarterly 3.
27 Oct Attended The Spigelman Public Law Oration 'Values in Public Law'.
19 Nov Presented Paper for The College of Law in the 2015 Judges' Series 'Professional Ethics, Court Etiquette and Witness Preparation', Banco Court.
26 May 2016 Chaired session at the AIJA and JCA Conference 'Challenges of Social Media for Courts & Tribunals'.


Justice Pagone

2015–2016

Justice PAGONE is:
• President of Asian, North American and Oceanian Group
• Vice-President of the International Association of Judges and
• a Board Member of International Association of Tax Judges.



Justice Mortimer

2015-2016Justice MORTIMER is a:
• Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School
• member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies (CCCS)
• member of the Australian Academy of Law (AAL)
• member of the International Association of Refugee Law Judges (IARLJ)
• member of the Judicial Conference of Australia (JCA) and
• member of the Monash University Faculty of Law 'External Professional Advisory Committee' (EPAC).
9 Oct 015 Spoke at the Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) Civil Justice Conference on the topic of 'Creative lawyering and choosing the right case for running public interest litigation'.
19 Nov Guest speaker at the Monash University Law Review's 41st Annual Dinner.
23 Nov Gave keynote address at Australian Institute of Administrative Law (AIAL) Seminar entitled 'Getting to the substance (but not the merits): appeals on questions of law, judicial review and the Federal Court's Administrative Law, Constitutional Law and Human Rights Law National Practice Area'.
3 Feb 2016 Spoke to first year students at the Melbourne Law School Orientation Day. 
13–19 Apr Taught at the Melbourne Law School Masters Program entitled 'Current Issues in Administrative Law'.
4 May Presented at Australian Institute of Administrative Law (AIAL) annual seminar series entitled 'Reasonable Apprehension of Bias'.
2 Jun Presented at Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) National Native Title Conference 2016 on the topic of 'A Judicial Perspective on Native Title'.


Justice Rangiah

2015–2016 Justice Rangiah is:
• a member of the University of Queensland Pro Bono Advisory Board and
• a member of the Griffith University Law School Visiting Committee.
29 Sep 2015 Judged the University of Queensland Law Society Air Law Moot Grand Final.
4 Feb 2016 Gave keynote address to Centre for Native Title Anthropology (ANU) Annual Conference.
24 Mar Judged a practice moot for the University of Queensland Air Law Mooting Team.
29 Apr Chaired session on Prescribed Bodies Corporate at the Federal Court (Queensland Registry) Native Title Forum.



Justice Wigney

14–16 Aug 2015Justice Wigney attended a 2015 Competition and Consumer Workshop – Melbourne presenting 'Criminal Proceedings For Cartel Offences – some issues and practical considerations'.
9–11 OctAttended the JCA Colloquium 2015 – Adelaide and presented 'Prosecutorial Assistance to a Sentencing Court: R v Barbaro'.


Justice Perry

2015–2016 Justice Perry is:
• a Squadron Leader with the Royal Australian Air Force, Legal Specialist Reserves
• a member of the Judicial Council on Diversity (JCCD) established by the Council of Chief Justices as the representative of the Federal Court of Australia
• Chair of the specialist committee tasked with preparing draft model rules and national standards for working with interpreters in courts and tribunals (released for public consultation in June 2016)
• a fellow of the Australian Academy of Law
• a section-editor (administrative law) with the Australian Law Journal
• an Ambassador for One Disease (a charity concerned with the elimination of preventable diseases in remote indigenous communities)
• a member of the Advisory Committee, Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales
• a member of the Law School Advisory Board, University of Adelaide
• a member of the Advisory Council, Centre for International and Public Law, Australian National University
• a member of the Board of Advisors, Research Unit on Military Law and Ethics (RUMLAE), University of Adelaide and
• a member of the New South Wales Bar Association Choir.
Aug 2015 Questions and Answers session with the Judge entitled 'There should be more Women in the Courtroom' published in vol. 37, The Bulletin, Law Society of South Australia, August 2015. Awarded the Special Interest Article of the Year by The Bulletin.
28 Aug Delivered the Keynote address entitled 'iDecide: Administrative Decision-Making in the Digital World' at the Council of Australasian Tribunals 2015 Annual Conference.
2 Sep Delivered the after dinner speech at the CamSoc Winter Feast held by the Cambridge Society of New South Wales. Her Honour's address was entitled 'Shattering Glass Ceilings: Benefiting from Diversity'.
3 Sep Chaired the Military Operations Law Panel at the RUMLAE Seminar, University of Adelaide.
19 Sep Judged moots held by the Australian Bar Association Appellate Advocacy Course.
25 Sep Delivered the inaugural John Perry Oration held by the South Australian branch of the Hellenic Australian Lawyers Association in Adelaide. The oration was published in the South Australian Law Society Bulletin in October 2015.
24 Nov Spoke to students visiting the Federal Court, Sydney Registry, from Mackillop College Port Macquarie as part of the 'Law Day Out' programme instituted by the Rule of Law Institute of Australia.
27 Nov Participated on the Panel of the International Law Colloquium in Canberra on 'Legitimacy in the adjudication of international law: a conflict of ideas'. Her Honour's presentation was entitled 'The role of international law in the interpretation of domestic laws by Australian courts'.
17 Dec Participated in a discussion held at the Federal Court regarding a Review of the Commonwealth Legal Services.
20 Jan 2016 Judged a practice moot for the Sydney University team competing in the Philip C Jessup International Law Moot.
12 Feb Delivered a presentation on 'Procedural fairness in a culturally and linguistically diverse society' at the Law Society of South Australia Forum 2016 in Adelaide.
22 Mar Attended RAAF Legal Workshop, Sydney.
12 May Presided over moots held by the Bar Readers Course by the NSW Bar Association. 
23 May Presided over the Grand Final of the Public International Law Moot, Sydney University Law School.
27 May Presented at the International Women Judges Association 2016 Biannual Conference in Washington DC at a session on 'New Developments in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law'. Her Honour's presentation was entitled 'Automated Weaponry and Artificial Intelligence: Implications for the Rule of Law'.


Justice Edelman

7–8 Aug 2015 Presented at the University of New South Wales Australia (UNSW) Colloquium on Equitable Compensation and Disgorgement of Profit, UNSW Law, University of New South Wales 'An English misturning with equitable compensation'.
4 Sep Presented at the Supreme Court of Victoria/University of Melbourne Colloquium, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne on 'Why do we have rules of procedural fairness?'.
07 Sep Presented at the Supreme Court of Victoria/University of Melbourne Commercial Law Conference on Current Issues in Commercial Law, Banco Court, Supreme Court of Victoria on 'Understanding causation and attribution of responsibility'.
11 Sep Presented at the Bar Association of Queensland/University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law/Australian Centre of Private Law/Symposium II on Private Law and Power, held by the Bar Association of Queensland, Brisbane on 'Foreword – Private law and power'.
24 Nov Presented on 'Advocacy' at the University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law David F Jackson AM QC Advocacy Dinner, Women's College, University of Queensland.
26 Nov Presenter on 'Understanding tracing rules' at the Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Law 15th Annual W A Lee Equity Lecture 2015, Banco Court, Supreme Court of Queensland.
03 Dec Presented at the Supreme Court Library Queensland Selden Society Lecture Series (Australian Chapter), Banco Court, Supreme Court of Queensland on 'Lord Bingham of Cornhill'.
15 Dec Presented on 'Vindicatory damages' at the University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law Conference on Private Law in the 21st Century, Brisbane.
18–19 Dec Co-organiser and author/editor of book from the proceedings with the University of New South Wales Australia (UNSW) Contracts in Commercial Law Conference, Domain Theatre, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
27 Jan 2016 Presented on 'Three issues in construction of contracts' at the Supreme and Federal Court Judges' Conference 2016, Banco Court, Supreme Court of Queensland

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