No eviction for The Hotplate, but judge leaves essence of copyright opaque
On 6 August 2015, Nicholas J decided not to grant the Seven Network an injunction requiring its media competitor, Channel Nine, from taking its cooking reality…
Court Rules: How copyright works in #TheHotplate versus #MKR standoff
Reality television contains elements we have all come to expect. Cooking shows are no different. We are all familiar with the inevitable advertising break before we…
Essendon supplements saga: Is it up, up and away to Switzerland?
Now there’s a lot more things to football That really meets the eye There are days when you could give it up There are days when…
Calculating costs: James Hird & ASADA litigation
A penny for your thoughts? Well, if those thoughts are an estimate of James Hird’s legal costs in the ASADA litigation, expect those pennies to vary…
8 reasons why James Hird lost his Federal Court Appeal
On 30 January 2015, in a joint judgment of Kenny, Besanko and White JJ, the Full Federal Court dismissed James Hird’s appeal. Mr Hird had appealed…
Wordplay likely to confuse as AFL Tribunal closes doors on open hearing
“You like to-may-toes and I like to-mah-toes”: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (George & Ira Gershwin, 1937) Observers of the anti-doping saga involving Essendon Football…
James Hird v ASADA Appeal, Report Day 2
When Court adjourned after Day 1 of James Hird’s appeal, ASADA’s legal team had likely decided a rethink was in order. Earlier that day, ASADA’s Senior…
Can the ‘real’ ASADA please stand up? Two different pictures in James Hird appeal
James Hird and ASADA painted philosophically different portraits of ASADA in the Full Federal Court hearing commencing before Justices Kenny, Besanko and White on 10 November…
As James Hird v ASADA Appeal looms, parties’ hands are disclosed
The Federal Court of Australia’s experience with online case files is relatively new. Perhaps it found the adventure of a completely open, contemporaneous online file in…
UPDATED: A Guide to Hird v ASADA Appeal
The directions hearing before Justice Kenny on 9 October 2014 has supplied both a timetable and insights into the forthcoming appeal. This post will outline the…
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