Table of Contents WEEK 1 – INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIT – WHY CONFLICT OF LAWS IS CENTRAL TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW? IMPLICATIONS OF THE INTERNET, IN PERSONAM JURISIDCTION. ......... 7 Chapter 3 – Jurisdiction in personam ..................................................................................................................... 8 Distillers Co. (Bio-Chemicals) Ltd v Thomspon [1971] AC 458. .................................................................................. 11 WEEK 2 – INTERLOCUTORY RELIEF, FREEZING ORDERS AND INJUNCTIONS ........................... 13 Interlocutory relief ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 PT Bayan Resources and BCBC Singapore [2015] HCA 36 ........................................................................................... 15 INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................................ 16 Google v Equustek Solutions, 2017 SCC 34 .......................................................................................................................... 16 Chapter 5 – Federal Jurisdiction ............................................................................................................................. 18 Diversity Jurisdiction ................................................................................................................................................... 18 WEEK 3 – CROSS-VESTING AND FORUM SLECTION AGREEENTS .................................................. 20 Cross-vesting ................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Re Wakim: Ex Parte McNally (1999) 198 CLR 511 ......................................................................................................... 21 Surviving Aspects of Cross-Vested Jurisdiction ............................................................................................... 21 How a transfer is made ............................................................................................................................................... 22 Cross-vesting and exclusive forum clauses ........................................................................................................ 23 Choice of law in cross-vested matters .................................................................................................................. 24 Gleeson v Bank of Queensland [2017] FCA 1302. ............................................................................................................. 24 Whitelum v Sisters of Mercy [2018] NSWSC 51 ................................................................................................................ 25 Capilano honey v Mulvany [2018] NSWSC 767 ................................................................................................................. 25 Forum selection agreements – chapter 7 ............................................................................................................ 26 Oceanic Sun Line v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197 ..................................................................................................................... 26 Mandatory Forum law ................................................................................................................................................. 27 7.49 Donohue v Armco [2002] 1 .............................................................................................................................................. 27 Armacel v Smurfit (2008) 248 ALR 573 ............................................................................................................................... 27 Ellinger v Guiness, Mahon [1939] 4 All ER 16 .................................................................................................................... 27 Commercial versus individual ................................................................................................................................. 28 Martinez v Bloomberg, 740 F.3d 211 (2d Cir 2014) ....................................................................................................... 28 WEEK 4 – FORUM NON CONVENIENS – RESTRAINT OF LOCAL PROCEEDNGS .......................... 29 Gleeson v Kong [2018] NSWSC 1275. .................................................................................................................................... 29 Update to Google v Aquustek ................................................................................................................................... 29 Forum non conveniens ............................................................................................................................................... 30 British test for FNC ....................................................................................................................................................... 31 Spiliada Maritime v Consulex [1987] 1 AC 436 [HL] ....................................................................................................... 31 Owusu v Jackson [2005] E.C.R. I-1383 .................................................................................................................................. 32 FNC – Australian style ................................................................................................................................................. 33 Oceanic Sun Line Shipping v fay (1988) 165 CLR 197 ................................................................................................... 33 Voth v Manildra Flour Mills (1990) 171 CLR 538. ........................................................................................................... 34 Dow Jones v Gutnick (2002) 194 ALR 433. ......................................................................................................................... 34 Garsec v Sultan of Brunei (2008) 250 ALR 682 ................................................................................................................ 35 Foreign law ....................................................................................................................................................................... 35 El Kharouf v El Khaurof [2004] NSWSC 187 ...................................................................................................................... 35 Lis alibi pendens – proceedings pending elsewhere ....................................................................................... 36 Related proceedings ..................................................................................................................................................... 36 TS Production v Drew Pictures (2008) 172 FCR 433 ...................................................................................................... 36 Anchoring effect of local law .................................................................................................................................... 36 FNC - Canada ................................................................................................................................................................... 37 FNC – American Style ................................................................................................................................................... 37 Gulf Oil Corp v Gilbert, 330 US 501 (1947) ......................................................................................................................... 37 Koster v Lumbermens Mutual, 330 US 518 (1947) .......................................................................................................... 38 Piper Aircraft Co v Reyno, 454 US 235 (1981) .................................................................................................................. 38 Montgomery v oberti 945 F.Supp.2d 1367 (SD Fl 2013) ............................................................................................. 38 Atlantic Marine v US district Court 134 S.Ct 568 (2013) .............................................................................................. 39 Haaretz.com v goldhar, 2018 scc 28 ...................................................................................................................................... 39 WEEK 5 - RESTRAINT OF FOREIGN PROCEEDINGS: ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTIONS ......................... 40 1 Anti-Suit Injunctions .................................................................................................................................................... 40 Societe National Industrielle v Lee Kui Jak [1987] 1 AC 871 [HL] ............................................................................. 42 CSR Ltd v Cigna (1997) 189 CLR 345 .................................................................................................................................... 42 Allstate Life Insurance v ANZ Bank (1996) 64 FCR 55 ................................................................................................... 42 Pathway Investments v NAB [2012] VSC 495 .................................................................................................................... 43 1. Injunctions to Protect Jurisdiction and Processes of the Court ...........................................................