Injunction granted in Japanese whaling case

Environmental and Planning Law Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-80

  McGrath, Chris ^a  

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References (30)

1. Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd (2004) 212 ALR 551; [2004] FCA 1510;
2. Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2005] FCA 664;
3. Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd (2006) 154 FCR 425; 232 ALR 478; [2006] FCAFC 116;
4. Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2007] FCA 124;
5. Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2008] FCA 3;
6. and Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2008] FCA 36.
7. McGrath C, "The Japanese Whaling Case" (2005) 22 EPLJ 250;
8. and McGrath C, "Japanese Whaling Case appeal succeeds" (2006) 23 EPLJ 333.
9. See also, Davis R, "Taking on the Whalers: The Humane Society International litigation" (2005) 24(1) UTasLR 78;
10. Blay S and Bubna-Litic K, "The Interplay of International Law and Domestic Law: The case of Australia's efforts to protect whales" (2006) 23 EPLJ 465;
11. Davis R, "Enforcing Australian law in Antarctica: The HSI litigation" [2007] MelbJIL 6;
12. and Ch 2 and 5 in Kriwoken LK, Jabour J and Hemmings AD (eds), Looking South: Australia's Antarctic agenda (The Federation Press, 2006).
13. Background documents for this case, including court documents, submissions, affidavits and maps, are available at http://www.envlaw.com.au/whale.html (viewed 23 January 2008).
14. Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2005] FCA 664.
15. Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd (2006) 154 FCR 425 at 430; 232 ALR 478; [2006] FCAFC 116 at [13] per Black CJ and Finkelstein J with whom Moore J agreed on this point (at 434; [38]) though dissenting on the question of futility.
16. Cf McGrath (2006), n 2, at 333-335.
17. See Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2007] FCA 124.
18. Unpublished correspondence, dated 12 December 2007, written on behalf of the Attorney-General to Allsop J.
19. See, generally, in relation to service and execution of judgments in Japan, MacDonald AJ, "Service of Australian Originating Process in Japan" (1992) 66 ALJ 810;
20. and Gamertsfelder L, "Cross Border Litigation: Exploring the Difficulties Associated with Enforcing Australian Money Judgments in Japan" (1998) 17 Aust Bar Rev 161.
21. In relation to the Court's wide powers to punish for contempt, see Siminton v Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (2006) 152 FCR 129 at 146 [70]-[74] per North, Goldberg and Weinberg JJ.
22. See Art 1(2) of the International Convention on Certain Rules Relating to the Arrest of Sea-Going Ships 1952, done at Brussels on 5 October 1952,
23. and Art 1(2) of the International Convention on Arrest of Ships 1999, done at Geneva on 3 December 1999.
24. While Australia has not ratified the 1952 and 1999 Arrest Conventions, they are relevant to the interpretation of the Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth) due to its legal and historical context in international maritime law: Tisand (Pty) Ltd v Owners of the Ship MV "Cape Moreton" (ex "Freya") (2005) 143 FCR 43 at 60 [63] (Ryan and Allsop JJ).
25. Berlingieri F, Berlingieri on Arrest of Ships: A Commentary on the 1952 and 1999 Arrest Conventions (4th ed, Informa, London, 2006), pp 87-88.
26. See generally on the question of interim and final relief for maritime claims involving arrest and sale of a ship: Jackson DC, Enforcement of Maritime Claims (4th ed, LLP, London, 2005), Pt III and IV, particularly Ch 15 and 25, pp 369, 376, 377, 647-649, 662-664;
27. and Meeson N, Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice (3rd ed, LLP, London, 2003), pp 17 and 151-152.
28. Cf. Redhead v Admiralty Marshal, WA District Registry (1998) 87 FCR 229 (Ryan J).
29. As has occurred on numerous occasions to enforce Australian fisheries laws in Australia's northern waters and sub-Antarctic islands: see Baird R, "Australian Government Imposes Custodial Sentence for Illegal Foreign Fishers" (2006) 23 EPLJ 253.
30. Rudd K and Garrett P, Federal Labor's Plan to Counter International Whaling (ALP Media Statement, 19 May 2007), available at http://www.alp.org.au/media/0507/msenhloo190.php (viewed 23 January 2008).