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Christopher Dennis Wood

Barrister

Tel:  (02) 9221 5020          Fax:  (02) 9232 4071

Email:   cwood@13wentworthselbornechambers.com.au

Admitted to the Bar

August 2001


Previous Occupation

Solicitor

Legal Education

LLB (Hons 1st Class) UTS


Areas of Practice

Intellectual Property
Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Commercial Law
Equity


Admitted to Practice

Supreme, District and Federal Courts


Memberships

Society for Computers and the Law
Trustee of the UTS Foundation Fund


Publications

This article was first published by Thomson Reuters in the Australian Intellectual Property Journal and should be cited as Wood C, "Liability of directors as joint tortfeasors in intellectual property matters" (2010) 21 AIPJ 164.
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Contributing Author "Robson's Annotated Corporations Legislation" (Thomson, subscription service)

Contributing Author "Laws of Australia" (Thomson, subscription service)

Co-Author "Equity Practice and Precedents" (Thomson, Sydney, 2008)

"Liability of directors as joint tortfeasors in intellectual property matters" (2010) AIPJ 1

"Patents in Computer Software - Commercially Useful is Not Enough" (1999) 9 AIPJ 134

"New Plan for Copyright Online"Computers & Law October 1998

"ACCC v Internic Technologies: Class Actions and the Internet" (1998) 21 UNSWLJ 632

"Understanding the technology legislation onslaught" (1999) 39 Computers & Law Journal 21

"Defects in affidavits supporting statutory demands" (2001) 1(9) INBSLB 169

"Bankruptcy Notices and Imperfect debts" (2005) 13 Insolv LJ 173


CLE Papers

Accounts in Equity

Pleading in Commercial Cases

Statutory Demands: When to issue them and how to set them aside


Christopher has been instructed in many major cases including:

 

Smith v Peter & Diana Hubbard Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 109.

Dhami v Martin [2010] NSWSC 770; (2010) 241 FLR 165; 79 ACSR 121.

Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Australia Pty Ltd (2010) 263 ALR 155; 83 IPR 582; [2010] AIPC 92-371; [2010] ATPR (Digest) 46-276; [2010] FCA 29 (the Kookaburra case).

Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Australia Pty Ltd (2009) 81 IPR 584; [2009] FCA 799.

Fermiscan Pty Ltd v James (2009) 261 ALR 408; [2009] NSWCA 355.

Fermiscan Pty Ltd v James (2009) 81 IPR 602; [2009] NSWCA 546.

Williams v Calivil Park Holstein Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 389; 27 ACLC 704.

Beattie v Osman (No 4) (2009) 73 ACSR 220; [2009] NSWSC 834.

Page v McKensey [2009] NSWCA 127.

Re Gympie Gold Ltd (2006) 56 ALSR 690; [2006] NSWSC 97.

Page v McKensey [2004] NSWCA 437.

Torpedoes Sportswear Pty Ltd v Thorpedo Enterprises Pty Ltd (2003) 132 FCR 326; (2003) 204 ALR 90; (2003) 59 IPR 318; (2003) AIPC 91-919; [2003] FCA 901.

Karl Suleman Enterprizes Pty Ltd (in liq) v Babanour (2004) 49 ACSR 612; (2004) 22 ACLC 931; [2004] NSWCA 214.

Tradition Australia Pty Ltd v Gunson (2006) 152 IR 395; [2006] NSWSC 298.

Panel Tech Industries (Aust) v Australian Skyreach Equipment [2003] NSWSC 619; 200 ALR 321.

Rosseau Pty Ltd v Jay-O-Bees (in liq) [2004] NSWSC 818; 50 ACSR 565.

Indian Taj v Gilany [2004] NSWSC 1193; [2005] ANZConvR 309.

ARC Enterprises NSW v Brown [2004] NSWSC 1214; 52 ACSR 99.

Dunecar Pty Ltd v Colbron [2001] NSWSC 1181; (2001) 40 ACSR 342.

Scope Data Systems v BDO Nelson Parkhill [2003] NSWSC 137; 199 ALR 56.

ASIC v Karl Suleman Enterprizes [2003] NSWSC 400; (2003) 117 FLR 147; 45 ACSR 401; 21 ACLC 1180.

NA Retail Solutions v St George Bank Ltd [2010] FCA 290; (2010) 267 ALR 599.


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