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 2010 is shaping up to be a great year here in the Law Faculty. With the first semester now behind us, the Faculty has already notched up several impressive successes, both as individuals and as a collective.
Our talented mooters have made their mark around the world, delivering outstanding performances at the International Criminal Court Trial Competition in The Hague, Netherlands, at the Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Hong Kong, and also here in Australia at the National Jessup mooting competition. | |
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WRONGFUL CONVICTION OVERTURNED WITH PERSISTENCE
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 The Department of Public Prosecution has announced it will not pursue a retrial against Graham Stafford after the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction in December last year.
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BOND LAW PLAYS PIVOTAL ROLE IN SHAPING AUSTRALIAN-FIRST LEGISLATION
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 Bond University academics who played an integral role in driving Queensland’s new legislation for victims of domestic violence who kill their attackers have called on the rest of Australia to strongly consider introducing the legislation.
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QLD AND NSW PREVENTATIVE DETENTION LAWS INCONSISTENT WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
By Professor Patrick Keyzer
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 The United Nations Human Rights Committee have released their decisions in cases brought by Ken Tillman (NSW) and Robert Fardon (Queensland). | |
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BOND LAW WINS INTERNATIONAL SPEAKING PRIZE
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 Bond Law has again proved its first-class credentials on the world stage at the prestigious International Criminal Court Trial Competition in The Hague, Netherlands, held in March.
Law student Ashleigh Light (pictured) took out the coveted award of ‘Best Oralist’ after outshining speakers from 17 other universities around the world, including Yale University in the United States, Osgoode Hall in Canada and Queen’s University in Belfast.
Her success follows in the footsteps of Bond Law Alumnus Kate Mitchell, who was also awarded ‘Best Oralist’ at last year’s competition.
Ms Light, together with fellow students Daniel Ryan, Rowan Kendall, Sarah Bond and Hannah Maher, made up the Bond team that also took home the award for Best Defence Counsel.
The team’s coach, Senior Teaching Fellow Joe Crowley, said the win supported Bond’s claim to be ‘arguably the best advocacy teaching university in the world’.
“It is a tremendous achievement to win an international mooting award of this calibre, let alone to win it two years running,” Mr Crowley said.
The International Criminal Court Trial Competition allows top law students from around the world to improve their knowledge of the Court and its proceedings.
The legal arm of the United Nations, the International Criminal Court was established in 2001 by the Rome Statute to try persons alleged to have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Participants at this year’s Trial Competition were asked to respond to a fictitious incident in which a president incited genocide against the population of a neighbouring country.
Each team was required to provide a memorial (written argument) of up to 30,000 words prior to the oral presentation rounds, where advocates, representing the prosecution, defence or victims, presented their case to an expert panel of judges.
Mr Crowley said competitions such as this offered participants a fantastic opportunity to meet judges and practitioners in International Law as well as engaging in vigorous debate with some of the smartest students from around the world.
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AMBASSADOR OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO AUSTRALIA VISITS BOND
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 The Tim Fischer Centre for Global Trade and Finance and the Faculty of Law recently hosted His Excellency Mr ZHANG Junsai, the Ambassador of The People’s Republic of China to Australia, as he presented a Distinguished Lecture on "China-Australia Economic and Investment Co-Operation and Bilateral Relations".
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RESEARCH CENTRE FOR LAW, GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC POLICY ESTABLISHED
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 Bond University’s latest Research Centre, the Centre for Law, Governance and Public Policy, was established in late 2009 under the leadership of Foundation Director Professor Patrick Keyzer of the Faculty of Law.
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"UNITED NATIONS OF BOND" IMPRESSES AT INTERNATIONAL MOOTING COMPETITION
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 A team of law students hailing from all corners of the globe has impressed at the prestigious Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot, held in Hong Kong in March.
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES
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 As Semester 1 draws to a close, we celebrate the individual and team achievements of several of our students and staff, including Prime Minister's Endeavour Award recipient Thomas Harrison, our Jessup team members James Graham, Thomas Harrison, Katherine Mansted and Henry Norris, and their coaches Joel Butler and Kate Allan, 2010 Young Gold Coast Citizen of the Year Benjamin Naday, doctoral recipients Dr Iain Field and Dr Jeremy Peace, Adjunct Professor David Tanzer, along with the sporting triumphs of staff members Tammy Johnson and Peter Froelich. | |
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Associate Professor Dan Svantesson
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 Information Technology Law expert, Associate Professor Dan Svantesson, has recently returned from a Visiting Fellowship with the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy, where he expanded on his research into privacy regulations of cross-border data transfers. | |
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Assistant Professor Tina Hunter
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 Assistant Professor and PhD candidate Tina Hunter has been engaged by the Western Australian Government Department of Minerals and Resources to create a new regulatory structure for the regulation of offshore petroleum activities in Australia. | |
Associate Professor Vai Lo and Associate Professor Leon Wolff
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 Associate Professor Vai Lo (pictured) and Associate Professor Leon Wolff were recently invited to participate in the Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars on Japanese Law – Vai co-teaching Labour Law and Investment and the Law, and Leon teaching Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Gender and the Law. | |
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Bond Law Alumnus Ed Brockhoff has recently completed a three month internship at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, expanding his already stellar resume.
Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Students) John Lessing has taught many remarkable students at Bond, but whether any will go on to achieve as much as one particularly well known former student of his, by the name of Nelson Mandela, is yet to be seen!
