Thursday, 17 January 2008, 11:28 am Press Release: Law Commission
Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Palmer New Zealand Commissioner to
the International Whaling Commission
At the Press
Conference held at the Law Commission this morning on the
Law Commission’s report “Tribunals in New Zealand” I
was asked questions concerning the decision of the Federal
Court of Australia yesterday in Sydney: Humane Society
International Inc v Kyodo Senpaqu Kaisha Ltd [2008]
FCA3. The following is a link to the content of my
remarks..
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