Publications

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

Justice Croft approved the deed of settlement ending the Great Southern class action proceedings

The Full Federal Court dismissed the Commissioner’s appeal in Commissioner of Taxation v Australian Building Systems Pty Ltd (in liq)

Another common problem with TMO evidence is lack of detail. Without it, evidence can be attacked as incomplete, ambiguous or entirely irrelevant

​​Ed Heerey QC regularly presents trade mark seminars at the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ) Annual Conference

Preparing evidence for opposition proceedings in the Trade Marks Office has its own set of traps for the unwary

Perram J gave judgment against a kebab wholesaler for the infringement of a trade mark owned by Halal Certification Authority Pty Ltd

The question to be asked in order to test whether a word is adapted to distinguish one trader’s goods from the goods of all others is...