Print Media
Jan - Dec 2007 Articles
Facebook pokes firms into group action (PDF 336kb)
The Australian Financial Review 07 December 2007
By Marcus Priest
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Judge rues personal baggage of colleagues (PDF 68kb)
The Age 24 November 2007
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Callinan takes aim at fellow judges
smh.com.au 24 November 2007
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Judge holds court on philosophy (PDF 88kb)
Herald Sun 24 November 2007
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Ex-judge fires a parting shot (Word 40kb)
The Courier Mail 24 November 2007
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Some judges carrying philosophical baggage: Callinan
ABC online 23 November 2007
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Retired High Court judge Ian Callinan has accused fellow judges of carrying "personal baggage" when handing down decisions.
Australian Associated Press 23 November 2007
By Roberta Mancuso
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Former High Court judge awarded dispute resolution’s top honour (PDF 76kb)
21 November 2007
Media Contact Gianna Totaro
New ADR strategy launch (JPG 3mb)
Lawyers Weekly 19 October 2007
By Kate Gibbs
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When Mediation is better than Law
The Australian 09 October 2007
By Philip Argy
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Disputes red hot but silence is golden
The Australian 09 October 2007
By Andrew Colley
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High tech lawsuits (PDF 1mb)
Business Review Weekly 4 October 2007
By Agnes King
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Dispute Resolution
The Australian 28 September 2007
By Chris Merritt
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Coonan irony beyond dispute (PDF 234kb)
Rear Window, The Australian Financial Review 28 September 2007
by Andrew White and Rod Clement
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Arbitrate or perish in a pile of paper (PDF 172kb)
The Australian Financial Review 10 August 2007
By Frank Costigan QC
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Arbitration's not coming together
The Australian Financial Review 3 August 2007
Though the C7 case has put the spotlight on the cost and delays involved in mega-litigation, lawyers say that domestic arbitration has the same problems because key players mimic the court process.
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Black comedy of Seven saga cues calls for private battles to quit public courts
The Australian 3 August 2007
Changes would save taxpayers a fortune and reallocate resources to criminal cases
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Ruddock backs calls to force firms to mediate
The Australian 28 July 2007
Critics say taxpayers should not have to subsidise cases like the $200m C7 litigation
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Arbitration moves into the fast lane
Lawyers Weekly 21 June 2007
FLEXIBILITY, speed and cost savings are some of the major advantages of the Fast Track Arbitration rules launched by the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia (IAMA) on Monday.
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Reforms speed up arbitrator
The Australian Financial Review 15 June 2007
The Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia has launched a new fast-tracked process to cut costs and delays and reverse the declining interest in arbitration.
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Judge lays down law to bosses
The Australian Financial Review 8 June 2007
Amid growing concern about the conduct of commercial litigation, a Victorian Supreme Court judge has taken the unprecedented step of demanding that executives from companies involved in a massive lawsuit attend court so they can be told how to pull their lawyers into line.
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Judge says only the very rich can afford to litigate
The Australian Financial Review 8 June 2007
South Australia's top judge has deplored the costs and delays involved in litigation, but said it was up to the profession and litigants, rather than courts and government, to solve the problems.
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Short alms and deep pockets
The Australian 8 June 2007
DECADES of reform have not solved problems in the civil justice system, which is slow, costly and open to abuse, South Australian chief justice John Doyle says.
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Role for judges as mediators
The Adelaide Advertiser 04 June 2007
JUDGES should ``shed the mantle'' of their office and intercede in cases as mediators, an international conference has heard.
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Judge `gives up' on system Litigation process nightmare
The Adelaide Sunday Mail 03 June 2007
THE civil litigation system has become a nightmare and shows little sign of improving despite 30 years of inquiries, Chief Justice John Doyle believes.
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Advocate makes his point
The Australian Financial Review 1 June 2007
Advocacy in Australia needs to fundamentally change and barristers to learn to get to the point more quickly to reflect the push by courts to shorten trial times and reduce the complexity of modern litigation, one of the founders of advocacy training says.
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Legal Minds Meet
The Australian 25 May 2007
NEXT month's conference of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators looks like attracting some big names.
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IAMA conference launches new arbitration rules
Australasian Legal Business Magazine - May 2007
This year's national conference of the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia (IAMA) will see the launch of a package of groundbreaking measures designed to speed up the arbitration process which, according to the IAMA, has become slow and cumbersome.
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Listen, then listen some more (PDF - 1MB)
Australasian Legal Business Magazine- February 2007
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