Publications, Presentations & Papers

AMTAC Annual Address and AMTAC Seminars

Event	Date	Paper / Presentation
AMTAC Annual Address 2022	12 December 2022	Anomaly or Bad Policy: Foreign Arbitration Clauses and the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991 (Cth) Matthew Harvey KC, Victorian Bar
AMTAC Annual Address 2021	18 November 2021	Navigating the Rough Seas of Enforcement Justice Angus Stewart, Federal Court of Australia
AMTAC Webinar: Avoiding Obstacles Along the Pathway to Enforcement	19 October 2021	Geoff Farnsworth, Partner, Holding Redlich – Energy City v Hub Street – 15-Love, or Advantage Arbitration? Hazel Brasington, Ashurst, Melbourne & Michael Weatherley, Ashurst, Singapore – ‘Witness gating’: pitfalls and possible solutions concerning oral testimony at the hearing Samuel Walpole, Barrister, Queensland – Corporate Attribution in Admiralty
AMTAC Annual Address 2020: Charting the Unknown – how COVID-19 has impacted international shipping	18 November 2020	Speaker: Mr Rod Nairn, Chief Executive Officer, Shipping Australia Chair: Gregory Nell SC, New Chambers
AMTAC Webinar: The Show Goes On….. Recent Developments in Arbitration Despite COVID-19	13 October 2020	Inghams v Hannigan: When chickens come home to roost: is old authority holding back contemporary arbitration? Jesse Kennedy, New Chambers, Sydney Further limits on limited recourse: Discretion and the enforcement of foreign arbitration awards – Energy City Qatar Holding Co v Hub Street Equipment Pty Ltd (no.2) [2020] FCA 1116 Geoff Farnsworth, Holding Redlich, Sydney
AMTAC/Ashurst Seminar, Brisbane	19 November 2019	Evidence In Arbitration Adrian Duffy QC, Barrister, Hemmant’s List, Brisbane
AMTAC Address 2019	26 September 2019	Supporting Australian Exporter/Shippers in the Current Global Trading Environment Amy Guihot, Assistance Secretary, Agriculture and Food Trade, Office of Trade Negotiations, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Article from Shipping Australia Ltd Annnual Review 2018	December 2018	Enhancing Arbitration Gregory Nell SC (Chair, AMTAC)
AMTAC Address 2018	29 August 2018	The Rule of Law and International Trade The Hon. Justice Steven Rares, Federal Court of Australia
AMTAC Address 2017	6 September 2017	Maritime Arbitration: its place in the global economy Peter McQueen FCIArb
AMTAC/SAL Breakfast Seminar, Sydney	27 June 2017	Safe Ports, Marcus John, Managing Director, Thomas Miller, Sydney What constitutes a Safe Port? – a legal perspective, Angus Stewart SC, Barrister, New Chambers, Sydney Challenges for Owners, Masters and Brokers of Safe Ports, Ken Fitzpatrick, Director, Shipping Australia Ltd Safe Ports, Captain Philip Holliday, Chief Operating Officer and Harbour Master, Sydney
AMTAC/APPEA Seminar, Brisbane	7 March 2017	The Distinction between Expert Determination and Arbitration in relation to tiered dispute resolution clauses, Paul Roberts, SVP Asia Pacific
AMTAC Seminar, Sydney	21 November 2016	Charterparty “String” or “Chain” Disputes, Julie Soars, 7 Wentworth Selborne Chambers Current Issues for Maritime Practitioners: A Short Update on Recent Australian Cases, Catherine Gleeson, New Chambers
AMTAC Seminar, Melbourne	17 November 2016	Dry Bulk Market Update, James a’Beckett, Braemar ACM Shipbroking Drafting Effective Arbitration clauses, Peter McQueen, AMTAC Chair
AMTAC Address 2016	7 September 2016	Maritime Arbitration Old & New, Malcolm Holmes QC, Barrister and Arbitrator
AMTAC Seminar, Perth	18 May 2016	Insolvencies in the charter party chain, Dr Patricia Saraceni, Director, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Clifford Chance Letters of Indemnities – an industry perspective, Ms Gemma Stabler, Senior Counsel Shipping/marketing, FMG Drafting an effective arbitration clause, Peter McQueen, Chair of AMTAC
AMTAC Seminar, Sydney	26 November 2015	A Sale by Any Other Name: OW Bunkers & the English Courts, Ben Olbourne, 39 Essex Chambers, Singapore & London The Ship ‘Sam Hawk’: Outlier or the New Orthodoxy on Foreign Maritime Liens, Angus Stewart SC, New Chambers, Sydney (See also the full paper) Revising Default Clauses, Given UK Supreme Court’s Decision in Bunge v Nidera, Stephen Thompson, Holman Fenwick Willan, Sydney
AMTAC Annual Address 2015	16 September 2015	A view from the crow’s nest: maritime arbitrations, maritime cases and the common law, Dr Kate Lewins, Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University
AMTAC Seminar, Sydney	10 November 2015	The Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards and Public Policy, The Hon. Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia J L B Allsop AO, Malcolm Holmes QC and Geoff Farnsworth
AMTAC Annual Address 2014	4 September 2014	LNG: Driving Gas Globalisation, an Australian Perspective, David Byers, APPEA Chief Executive
AMTAC Annual Address 2013	18 September 2013	The Elusive Panacea of Uniformity – Is It Worth Pursuing?, Stuart Hetherington, President of the Comite Maritime International
AMTAC Annual Address 2012	25 September 2012	The Prospects for International Arbitration in Australia, The Hon Patrick Keane, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia