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Rules of Evidence & Affidavit Drafting

10-9-21 / Kristi Riedel, Rachel De Luchi, Sarah Spottiswood

In the third in a series of four presentations hosted by Queensland Young Lawyers (QYL) and Level Twenty Seven Chambers, Kristi Riedel, Rachel De Luchi and Sarah Spottiswood discussed the the role of affidavits, expert reports and expert witnesses in court proceedings. Some of the topics they clarified were: Procedural…

‘The Use of Foreign Law by the High Court of Australia’ (2018) 46(2) Federal Law Review 161

1-6-21 / Sarah Spottiswood — Appellate, International, Judicial Review & Administrative

Justices of the High Court of Australia have a broad discretion to follow foreign judicial decisions based on whether they consider a decision to be persuasive. But it is difficult to assess what it is about a foreign decision that makes it likely to be followed by the High Court.…

‘Voices that Shape Investment Treaties: Inside, Outside and Among States’, in C Titi (ed) Public Actors in International Investment Law (Special Issue of the European Yearbook of International Economic Law), Springer 2021 (with C Mavromati)

4-3-21 / Sarah Spottiswood — Arbitration, International

Investment arbitration awards often give the impression that investment treaties are designed to reflect the interests of two actors: “investors” and “states”. There are in fact a myriad of actors, or “voices”, behind each word in an investment agreement. This chapter identifies three broad categories of voices: voices inside, outside…

‘Public Participation in Investment Treaty Making’, in E De Brabandere, T Gazzini and A Kent (eds) Public Participation and Foreign Investment Law, Brill 2021 (with C Mavromati)

8-1-21 / Sarah Spottiswood — International

Public participation in the investment treaty-making process has increased over time. Historically, public participation has been the subject of scholarly discussion in the field of democratic theory and has been most commonly observed in societies and political systems giving effect to the ‘rule by the people’ principle. Public participation has…

‘International Dispute Settlement from the Standpoint of States’, International Law Association Regional Seminars Series, University of East Anglia

30-12-19 / Sarah Spottiswood — International

‘International Dispute Settlement from the Standpoint of States’, International Law Association Regional Seminars Series, University of East Anglia, December 2019.

Publications — Sarah Spottiswood