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New National Business Registration System
00:16 Friday 18th June 2010
new_national_business_registration_update_june_2010.pdf
"Casting a wide net - the scope of an arbitration clause"
00:09 Tuesday 18th May 2010
afia-article-april-2010_174580_1-2.pdf
Everything you need to know about dispute resolution...in just a few pages.
06:32 Monday 10th May 2010
Damian and Kim have been asked to contribute the Australian chapter to an international publication dealing with Dispute Resolution around the world. Click the link below to read the Australian Chapter.
Doing Business around the world
A short while ago a few of us were asked to be the Australian correspondents for an annual worldwide survey conducted by the World Bank on the ease of doing business in various countries. This survey is recognised as a brilliant reference tool for businesses looking to invest or trade in most countries around the world.
Did you know that Australia is the 9th easiest place to do business in the world? Unfortunately, as in World Cup rugby, New Zealand beat us, coming 2nd. The website is at www.doingbusiness.org/. If you would like a copy of our chapters dealing with Australia please drop us an email.
Legal rankings
Normally we don’t pay much attention to the legal rankings guides, unless of course they mention us. Well, the leading rankings guide of Chambers & Partners has named Damian as a “notable practitioner” in the area of Dispute Resolution and says that clients praise him as “fast and straight-talking”.
iclg-dispute-resolution-australia.pdf
Blogger v Goliath
23:31 Sunday 22nd November 2009
Battle lines drawn for internet defamation showdown, read all about it here.
Internet defamation
23:41 Thursday 29th October 2009
Bruce Everiss runs a blog about computer games. In July this year he posted some comments about an online game called Evony. Evony didn’t like what Bruce had to say and they sued him for defamation. Bruce lives in the UK. Evony LLC is incorporated in Delaware in the US. So why the heck are they suing him in New South Wales?
Several years ago the Australian High Court allowed Joe Gutnick to sue US-based Dow Jones for defamation in Victoria, relating to comments published on the internet in Barrons Online. Joe Gutnick lived in Victoria and arguably risked the greatest damage to his reputation in his home state. It’s hard to see how this might translate to a US company suing a UK blogger in Australia.
Damian, Hannah and Sally are acting for Bruce as he opposes the Court’s jurisdiction. With the social networking and online games industries booming, the potential impact of this case is massive. If Evony LLC is allowed to pursue Bruce in Australia, floodgates may open for a global wave of defamation-tourism. Plaintiffs would be able to pick the most favourable jurisdiction and provided they can show someone downloaded the publication there, they are set. Once your comments are online, you can’t control the countries in which they’re read. Today, backyard blogger. Tomorrow, defending proceedings in Timbuktu.
Anyone responsible for content on the internet should be concerned. Not just news reporters and bloggers. Online games providers, social networking sites and other online communities are all sources of large volumes of potentially defamatory content. And they could all be in the firing line if Evony wins.
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