Australasian Association of Private International Law
The Australasian Association of Private International Law is a group of people committed to furthering the understanding of private international law in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region.
Private International Law Matters
Private international law, or the ‘conflict of laws’, is the body of law relevant to matters with a foreign element.
In a globalised world, this body of law is increasingly essential to legal practice, including with respect to the following:
People working and travelling abroad
Eg Neilson v Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria Ltd (2005) 223 CLR 331; Karpik v Carnival plc (Ruby Princess case) [2023] HCA 39
International trade and investment
Eg Comandate Marine Corporation v Pan Australia Shipping Pty Ltd (2006) 157 FCR 45; Global Partners Fund Ltd v Babcock & Brown Ltd (in liq) (2010) 79 ACSR 383
The operation of multi-national corporations
Eg Voth v Manildra Flour Mills Pty Ltd (1990) 171 CLR 538; Australian Information Commissioner v Facebook Inc (2022) 289 FCR 217
Contracts with nation states
Eg Firebird Global Master Fund II Ltd v Nauru (2015) 258 CLR 31
Communication via the internet
Eg Dow Jones and Co Inc v Gutnick (2002) 210 CLR 575
Mixed nationality marriages
Eg Henry v Henry (1996) 185 CLR 571
The PrIL community in Australasia
The AAPrIL was founded by a group of private international lawyers from the Asia-Pacific region who met through participating in international conferences, including the activities of the Journal of Private International Law and the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
We aim to complement the activities of the global PrIL community:
- The bienniel conferences of the Journal of Private International Law
- The international blog, ConflictofLaws.Net
- Academic and practitioner-focused conferences addressing PrIL in Australia, New Zealand and beyond
The scope of our association
- The association is comprised of PrIL enthusiasts in ‘Australasia’: Australia, New Zealand and our Pacific neighbours
- We welcome membership by anyone interested in PrIL as it relates to the region
‘… it follows, as night follows day, and as the world becomes more and more
integrated – through technology; through electronic payment systems;
through improved and vastly cheaper travel; through the liberalisation of trade
barriers – that there will be more international movement and more
international trade and, of course, as there is more international movement and more international trade, there will be more and more disputes of an international character. It is inevitable.’
The Hon Dr A S Bell
Chief Justice of New South Wales
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