News and media

Commercial Law student Lorna Fussey has contributed to a shake-up of consumer law with some of her work appearing in a new bill before Parliament.  >>

Professor Craig Elliffe added his voice to the British tax avoidance debate when he travelled to the United Kingdom last month to speak at an international conference.  >>

Our casual student assistant Sarah Hall went to Antarctica last month with the Pure Advantage Expedition team organised by Campaigners 2041.  >>

He is best known as the Department of Commercial Law’s expert on privacy issues and now Gehan Gunasekara has a new role as Associate Professor.  >>

Several Department of Commercial Law academics co-authored articles with some of our postgraduate students after they produced exceptional dissertations and summer research projects.  >>

The news media has called on several Department staff members to comment on commercial law issues over the past year, especially as debate raged around tax policy during the election campaign.  >>

Department of Commercial Law staff have had their work published in the following books, journals and conference papers.  >>

When PhD student Rebecca Hirsch and Professor Susan Watson wrote an article highlighting a legislative gap in the protection of corporate whistleblowers, their work paved the way for a policy change.  >>

Many of our staff members in the Department of Commercial Law have presented seminars on their different areas of research and often bring up topical issues that attract audiences from outside the environs of the University.  >>

Research staff in the Department of Commercial Law have produced a significant volume of articles in refereed legal and professional journals this year.  >>

Taxation policy has become an election issue and the Labour party’s Capital Gains Tax (CGT) has attracted significant media interest. The Department of Commercial Law’s taxation staff, however, had already raised the issue of CGT in various forum  >>

The number of postgraduate students in the Department is continuing to rise, with 35 students enrolled in the BCom(Hons) in Commercial Law in 2011.  >>

PhD student and Department of Commercial Law lecturer Rebecca Hirsch shares some insights into her PhD study:  >>

The growth of international business has led to even more cross-border transactions and international tax issues, Professor Craig Elliffe says.  >>

Internationally-renowned constitutional lawyer Mai Chen joined the Department of Commercial Law in January as Adjunct Professor of Commercial and Public Law.  >>

BCom Honours graduate Jessica Pludthura has broken new ground as the first accountancy student to win the Gaze Burt Prize for the top student in Franchise Law.  >>