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Coastal Shipping Reform – Senate to consider the “blue highway”

Australia - July 29 2015 In our Coastal Shipping Reform infographic we provided a summary of the proposed changes to Australia’s coastal shipping regime as they were…

Hazel Brasington, Melissa Tang

Coastal shipping reforms

Australia - June 9 2015 On 20 May 2015, the Minister for Infrastructure and Deputy Prime Minister, Warren Truss, announced the Government's proposed legislative reforms to…

Hazel Brasington, Ernest van Buuren, Michelle Taylor

When two systems collide - the intersection between cross-border insolvency protection and the Admiralty action in rem

Australia - April 11 2014 Introduction When the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (Model Law) was introduced into Australian law in 2008, Australian admiralty…

Melissa Tang

London arbitration clauses are valid in Australia – confirmed by Australian appeal court

Australia - April 4 2014 In 2012, a decision of the Federal Court of Australia caused consternation in Australia and around the world, when it was held that a London…

Shipping reform bills passed through parliament

Australia - June 27 2012 Last week, the Australian Senate passed a package of shipping industry reforms, which will come into force from 1 July 2012.

Claire Falkner