Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific
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Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific
1M ago
Yesterday (28 June 2024) I enjoyed attending the ACCC National Consumer Congress in sunny Sydney (program via here). This annual invitation-only event provides an excellent opportunity to discuss cutting-edge law and policy issues with new and old colleagues working in Australian state and federal governments, consumer NGOs, businesses and academia (more limited, but I am ..read more
Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific
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Written by: Luke Nottage (University of Sydney) and Nobumichi Teramura (Universiti Brunei Darussalam) [Ed. Note: Our related new book was launched by the Attorney-General of Brunei at a symposium held there on 28 May 2028 (as reported here). A follow-up seminar, also including some new research emerging from the book, will be held at USydney ..read more
Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific
2M ago
Around 21 May 2024, after I had presented a submission and oral evidence at a public hearing late March, the Australian Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) issued its Report 215 agreeing that the Australian government should proceed to ratify the ASEAN Australia NZ Agreement for a Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) Second Protocol. This ..read more
Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific
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[On 10 April 2024, following my submission and then oral evidence given to the Australian parliament inquiring into the AANZFTA Second Protocol ratification, I wrote as follows to the respective Trade Ministers of Australia (Hon Don Farrell) and New Zealand (Hon Todd McClay). I may update this posting if and when any responses are received ..read more
Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific
4M ago
On 21 August 2023 Australia signed, with New Zealand and the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Second Protocol to Amend the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA), after announcing in November 2022 substantial conclusion of the free trade agreement (FTA) review that had commenced in ..read more
Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific
4M ago
[This is the title of the 6th Annual ADR Address for the Supreme Court of New South Wales, co-organised by the Australian Disputes Centre. It was orginally to be presented on 2 November 2023 but my e-bike accident meant deferring it until 22 February 2024! The public lecture includes several comparisons to developments in Japan ..read more
Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific
6M ago
This hybrid-format 14 February 2024 seminar in Tokyo was planned primarily by the “Japan Arbitration Club” formed recently among younger arbitration experts and afficionados, led by Carlotta Bruessel (now with Nishimura & Asahi, Japan’s largest law firm, and previously working in Canberra and Sydney) who also moderated this seminar. My co-panellists included Eriko Kadota, now ..read more
Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific
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Congratulations to University of Sydney Law School LLB and JD students Michelle Chen Daniel Hu, Kim Nguyen and Sean Yalcinkaya. They combined with other students mostly from ANU to form “Team Australia”, which again came second in the INC negotiation and arbitration competition held over 9-10 December 2023 in Japan (this time pipped by UTokyo ..read more
Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific
7M ago
Congratulations to University of Sydney Law School LLB and JD students Michelle Chen Daniel Hu, Kim Nguyen and Sean Yalcinkaya. They combined with other students mostly from ANU to form “Team Australia”, which again came second in the INC negotiation and arbitration competition held over 9-10 December 2023 in Japan (this time pipped by UTokyo ..read more
Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific
9M ago
[This is the title of the 6th Annual ADR Address for the Supreme Court of New South Wales, co-organised by the Australian Disputes Centre, which I will present on 2 November 2023. The public lecture includes several comparisons to developments in Japan and other Asian countries. Registration and other information regarding this lecture event, including ..read more