Ms Susan Bartie

Biography/ Background

Before commencing her academic career, Susan worked as a commercial litigator, providing research and advice on litigation arising in Australia and abroad in the areas of professional liability, corporate law, equity, trade practices, private international law and contract. Earlier in her career Susan was an Associate and Research Assistant at the Federal Court of Australia.

In 2000 she won a British Chevening Scholarship enabling her to read for an LLM at the University of Cambridge.

Her primary research interests concern issues surrounding private law scholarship and scholars.

Teaching Interests

Torts (1 & 2)
Commercial Law and the Market

Qualifications

LLB (Hons)
LLM (Cantab)
Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia and the High Court of Australia

Publications

Ambition Versus Judicial Reality: Causation and Remoteness Under Civil Liability Legislation (2007) 33 University of Western Australia Law Review 415

Antipodeans differ over Advocates' Immunity (2007) 18 (1) Insurance Law Journal 98

Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally: Towards an Integrated and Efficient Judicial system or Towards further Illogical Developments in the Administration of Australian Law? (2000) 18 Company and Securities Law Journal 455

The Jurisdiction of Federal Courts after the Wakim Decision: Possible Responses (1999) - an options paper prepared for the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia

Entry last updated: Thursday, 28 Feb 2008