Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2004] FCA 1510

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2004] FCA 1510 PRACTICE – service outside the jurisdiction – alleged contravention of Commonwealth law by Japanese nationals acting under permits issued by the Japanese Government for killing of whales for scientific purposes. Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) Antarctic (Environment Protection) Legislation Amendment Act 1992 (Cth) Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980 (Cth) Australian Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act 1933 (Cth) Australian Antarctic Territory Act 1954 (Cth) Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1989 (Cth) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 (Cth) Whale Protection Act 1980 (Cth) Attorney-General (United Kingdom) v Heinemann Publishers Australia Pty Ltd (1988) 165 CLR 30 Bray v F Hofman-La Roche Ltd (2003) 130 FCR 317 Cell Tech Communications Pty Ltd v Nokia Mobile Phones (UK) Ltd (1995) 58 FCR 365 Merpro Montassa Ltd v Conoco Specialty Products Inc (1991) 28 FCR 387 Petrotimor Companhia de Petroleos SARLv Commonwealth of Australia (2003) 126 FCR 354 Western Australia v Vetter Trittler Pty Ltd (1991) 30 FCR 102 Antarctic Treaty done at Washington 1 December 1959 Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources drawn up at Canberra 20 May 1980 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling done at Washington 2 December 1946 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty done at Madrid 4 October 1991 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea done at Montego Bay 10 December 1982 Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd NSD 1519 of 2004 ALLSOP J 23 NOVEMBER 2004 SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NSD 1519 of 2004