Seminars
This section contains papers delivered at seminars and other events hosted by the Federal Court of Australia.
Increased regulation of litigation funding - a timely crackdown or a regulatory 'solution' in search of a problem?
9 April 2018, Melbourne
Chair: The Hon. Justice Bernard Murphy, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
Keynote Speakers:
- Professor Deborah Hensler, John W Ford. Professor of Dispute Resolution at Stanford Law School, Stanford, California.
- Justice Sarah Derrington, President of the Australian Law Reform Commission and Judge of the Federal Court of Australia.
Panel:
- Andrew Watson, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
- Jason Betts, Herbert Smith Freehills
- Hugh McLer non, Bentham IMF Litigation Funding
- Susan Dunn, Harbour Litigation Funding
- Professor Vicki Waye, University of South Australia
Download full seminar audio - 195 MB
Australian Academy of Law Annual Lecture WA Chapter Lecture
Rationality and reason in administrative law - Would a roll of the dice be just as good?
29 November 2017, Perth
The Hon R French AC
The ethical considerations of alleging conscious maladministration or improper purpose
24 March 2017
Andrew de Wijn, Daniel Diaz
PowerPoint (283 kb) | Accessible text version
Input tax deductibility and neutrality
Chair: Justice Jennifer Davies
Presenters:
- Justice Dr Friederike Grube, Justice at the Federal Tax Court of Germany
The principle of neutrality and the right to deduct Input VAT in the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice and the Federal Tax Court of Germany
PowerPoint (168 kb) | Accessible text version - Professor Rebecca Millar, Sydney Law School
How different is the Australian GST really?
PowerPoint (411 kb) | Accessible text version
Tax Bar Association Ethics Seminar Series
Direct briefing how to do it, when to do it and ethical considerations
7 June 2016
Chair: Justice John Middleton
Presenters:
- Roisin Annesley QC, Deputy Chair, Victorian Bar Ethics Committee
Direct briefing - the new regime
PowerPoint (237 kb) | Accessible text version - Michael Flynn QC, Vice-President, Tax Bar Association
- Paul Abbey, Partner, PwC
Model litigation obligations what are they, what do they add and how are they enforced?
15 March 2016, Melbourne
Chair: The Hon. Justice Jennifer Davies
Presenter:
- Jennifer Batrouney QC - Tax Bar President
An advocate's duty to the Court - Eugene Wheelahan - Victorian Barrister
Model litigant obligations: What are they and how are they enforced? - Emily Nance - Senior Executive Lawyer AGS
Tax Bar Association
In dispute with the ATO: What to expect
2 October 2014
Chair: The Hon. Justice Jennifer Davies
Judge, Federal Court of Australia
Presenters:
- Peter Murray, Partner of KPMG Legal and Tax Services, KPMG
PowerPoint (2.8 mb) | Accessible text version | Supporting paper - Deborah Hastings: First Assistant Commissioner Law & Practice, Australian Taxation Office
Alternative dispute resolution in tax disputes
PowerPoint (578.5 kb) | Accessible text version | Supporting paper - Brind Zichy-Woinarski QC
Failing to comply with s.263 and s.264 Notices
The Distinction between questions of law and questions of fact
20 May 2014
Chair: Justice Pagone
Judge, Federal Court of Australia
Presenter: Jennifer Batrouney QC
The distinction between questions of fact and questions of law in section 44 appeals to the Federal Court
Papers presented at the National Commercial Law Seminar series, held in the Victoria Registry of the Federal Court of Australia.
Commercial Transactions in an Insolvency Context
16 September 2014
Chair: The Hon. Justice Michelle Gordon
Judge, Federal Court of Australia
Presenters:
- Michael Kingston, ASIC's Chief Legal Officer;
- Shane Kirne, Deputy Director of the CDPP
Dealing with ASIC & the CDPP
PowerPoint (349 kb) | Accessible text version | Supporting paper - Ray Finkelstein QC, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University (former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia); and
- Robert Strong, Barrister, Victorian Bar
Things every commercial lawyer should know about judicial review - a panel discussion
7 May 2014
Chair: Bruce Dyer, Partner, Ashurst
Senior Fellow, Faculty of Law, Monash University
Presenters:
- Justice Debbie Mortimer, Federal Court of Australia
How can you best present your judicial review case and assist the Court? - Peter Hanks QC, Victorian Bar
Using judicial review
PowerPoint (82.2 kb) | Accessible text version - Emily Nance, Senior Executive Lawyer, Australian Government Solicitor
Overview of judicial review in the Federal Court
PowerPoint (282.7 kb) | Accessible text version
Personal Property Securities Act: beyond the transitional period
- Justice Jennifer Davies:
Personal Properties Securities Act 2009 (Cth): Objectives and emerging issues
PPSA Australian cases - Mr David Turner:
Ordinary course of business and other transferee rules
PPSA cut off grid
PPSA OCB examples - Mr Lionel Meehan
An introduction to PPS leases under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PowePoint- 802.5 kb) - Things every commercial lawyer should know about judicial review (Panel discussion)
