Stuart Clark

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts (Macquarie University) 1979
Bachelor of Laws (Hons)(Macquarie University) 1979

Admitted to Practice

New South Wales (1980)
High Court and Federal Courts of Australia (1980)
Victoria (1988)
Australian Capital Territory (1988)
South Australia (1990)

Affiliations

International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel (Board member)
Defense Research Institute (DRI)
International Bar Association
American Bar Association (Co-Chair of the International Class Actions Committee)
New South Wales Law Society
In-House Counsel Journal, Editorial Board
National Product Liability Association
London Court of International Arbitration Asia-Pacific User Council

More Details

Stuart writes and speaks regularly in relation to the defence of class actions and complex litigation - some examples of his recent publications include:

"Gross negligence", (2001) 12(3) Insurance Law Journal 150 (with Ross McInnes).

"Obtaining Evidence in Australia for Use in the US and Other Hague Convention Countries" 73 Defence Counsel Journal 235 (2006) (with Christina Harris).

"Enforcing US and Other Foreign Judgements in Australia - What are the Rules?" 75 Defense Counsel Journal 244 (2008) (with Dugan Cunningham & Rob McEvoy).

"Class actions in Australia: (Still) a work in progress" (2008) 31 Australian Bar Review 63 (with Christina Harris).

"Representative Actions - A review of 15 years of product liability class actions litigation in Australia - Part 1" (2008) 16 Trade Practices Law Journal 166 (with Dr Jocelyn Kellam and Christina Harris).

"Representative Actions - A review of 15 years of product liability class actions litigation in Australia - Part 2" (2008) 16 Trade Practices Law Journal 249 (with Dr Jocelyn Kellam and Christina Harris).

"The push to reform class action procedure in Australia: Evolution or Revolution" (2008) 32 Melbourne University Law Review 775 (with Christina Harris).

"The Past Present and Future of Product Liability and Other Mass Tort Class Actions in Australia" (2009) 15(2) University of New South Wales Law Journal Forum reprinted in (2009) 32(3) UNSWLJ (with Christina Harris).

"Freezing orders in Australia to assist foreign proceedings - guidance for inhouse counsel" (2010) 86 Inhouse counsel (with Dugan Cunningham and Ben McGlade).