How the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry can leverage interdisciplinary research to more effectively engage with Indigenous communities Deborah Lockhart and Jessica Xu Since 2010, mining companies have requested permission for the destruction of over 463 Aboriginal heritage sites. Recent high-profile events have profoundly impacted culturally significant Indigenous sites, and mining companies are under intense pressure to demonstrate greater sensitivity in their relationships with stakeholders. In this paper presented to the APPEA Conference in Perth on 17 June 2021, [...]

Jiabin Yu Effective 1 July 2021, the updated World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Expert Determination Rules came into force. What can users expect in WIPO-administrated expert determination proceedings? We look at the changes and offer a comparison with the ICC and LCIA Rules. Read about the changes here » Jiabin Yu Jiabin Yu holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia, and is currently pursuing his Juris Doctor at the Australian National University. [...]

Larissa Welmans & Dr Sam Luttrell, Clifford Chance The Federal Court has recently issued a warning to all Arbitration Claimants to provide proper notice or run the risk of having an unenforceable award. The Court in Jishi Fund held that as one of the parties did not receive ‘proper notice of either the arbitration or the appointment of arbitrators’, the award should not be enforced under ‘public policy’ grounds of the International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth). This shows an [...]