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Tom Howe QC appointed to National Alternative Dispute Resolution
Advisory Council
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AGS Chief Counsel Litigation, Tom Howe QC, has been appointed one of four new members of the National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council (NADRAC), an independent, non-statutory body providing policy advice to the Attorney-General about alternative dispute resolution. The Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, announced the three-year appointments on 4 June 2008.
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
AGS will be holding Government Law Group forums in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth in September and October 2008 on the subject of alternative dispute resolution. The forums will be presented by Tom Howe QC, Chief Counsel Litigation and leader of AGS’s litigation and dispute management practice. For further information on the forums, click here.
Alternative dispute resolution for Commonwealth agencies
The latest issue of AGS Legal Briefing examines the role of alternative dispute resolution in the Commonwealth context and focuses on the factors peculiar to the Commonwealth where it is a party to an alternative dispute resolution process. + See Client Login
Commercial Notes
The latest issue of AGS Commercial Notes discusses the identification and protection of intellectual property for an IP review and policy development process, the allocation of intellectual property ownership and licence rights, common issues in negotiating IP ownership and licensing, and commercialisation of intellectual property. + See Client Login
Conferral of Commonwealth administrative power on state officers
The High Court's decision in O’Donoghue v Ireland; Zentai v Hungary; Williams v United States of America (23 April 2008; [2008] HCA 14), involving conferral of Commonwealth administrative power on state officers, is the subject of one of the articles in the latest issue of AGS Litigation Notes. Other articles discuss recent decisions of the High Court on the validity of conferral of Commonwealth administrative power on state officers, the sharing of Australia's telecommunications network, the validity of powers of the Takeovers Panel, the freedom of interstate betting, and a revisiting of the Kable principle. + See Client Login
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