By Professor Michael James Legg

Journal articles

Legg M, 2012, 'Discovery and particulars of group members in class actions', Australian Bar Review, 36, pp. 119 - 136

Legg MJ, 2012, 'New Federal Court of Australia Discovery Rules Considered', Journal of Civil Litigation and Practice, 1, pp. 59 - 62

Legg M; Mavrakis N, 2012, 'The Dodd-Frank Act Whistleblower reforms put bounty on corporate non-compliance: Ramifications and lessons for Australia', Australian Business Law Review, 40, pp. 26 - 49, http://search.proquest.com.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/publicationissue/13CFBA66911585F417/$5bqueryType$3dpubbrowseDescending:OS$3b+sortType$3dpageNumberAsc$3b+searchTerms$3d$5b$3cAND$7cpubid:36222$3e$5d$3b+searchParameters$3d$7binstance$3dprod.academic$7d$3b+metaData$3d$7bpublication.search.filter$3d02012Y02Y01$23Feb+2012$3b_$25+Vol.+40+$281$29,+publication.name$3dAustralian+Business+Law+Review$7d$5d/1/Australian+Business+Law+Review/02012Y02Y01$23Feb+2012$3b++Vol.+40+$281$29?accountid=12763

Legg M; Travers L, 2011, 'Oppression and winding up remedies after the GFC', Company and Securities Law Journal, 29, pp. 101 - 114, http://legalonline.thomson.com.au/jour/resultDetailed.jsp?curRequestedHref=journals/CSLJ/volumes/29&contentSourceHref=journals/CSLJ/volumes/29/parts/2/articles/101/fulltext&tocType=fullText&hitListPageContext=http://legalonline.thomson.com.au/jour/resultSummary.jsp?curRequestedHref=journals/CSLJ/volumes/29___tocType=fullText___sortBy=publicationYear/articleDate&searchId=3&hit=11&hits=32&articleType=fulltext&freeText=&titleCode=OawuratG

Legg M, 2011, 'Reconciling Litigation Funding and the Opt Out Group Definition in Federal Court of Australia Class Actions – The Need for a Legislative Common Fund Approach', Civil Justice Quarterly, 31, pp. 52 - 73, http://international.westlaw.com/result/default.wl?tofrom=%2fsearch%2fresult.aspx&mt=314&origin=Search&query=AU(LEGG)&method=TNC&db=CJQ&rlt=CLID_QRYRLT91674142121229&rltdb=CLID_DB76727121921229&service=Search&eq=search&rp=%2fsearch%2fdefault.wl&sp=UNSWales-2003&srch=TRUE&vr=2.0&ssrc=0&action=Search&sv=Split&fmqv=s&fn=_top&rs=WLIN7.02

Legg M; Park E; Turner N; Travers L, 2011, 'The Rise and Regulation of Litigation Funding in Australia', Northern Kentucky Law Review, 38, pp. 625 - 672, http://www.tresscox.com.au/File/File/Media%20Coverage/TressCox%20Lawyers%20-%20Louisa%20Travers%20Northern%20Kentucky%20Law%20Review%20-%20January%202012.pdf

Legg M; Metzger J, 2011, 'US Supreme Court Revolutionises Pleading Requirements', Australian Law Journal, 85, pp. 81 - 85, http://legalonline.thomson.com.au.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/jour/resultDetailed.jsp?curRequestedHref=journals/ALJ/volumes/85/parts/2&contentSourceHref=journals/ALJ/volumes/85/parts/2/articles/81/fulltext&tocType=fullText&hitListPageContext=http://legalonline.thomson.com.au.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/jour/resultSummary.jsp?curRequestedHref=journals/ALJ/volumes/85/parts/2___tocType=fullText___sortBy=publicationYear/articleDate&searchId=9&hit=4&hits=9&articleType=fulltext&freeText=&titleCode=Ol

Legg M; Turner N, 2011, 'When Discovery and Technology Meet: The Pre-Discovery Conference', Journal of Judicial Administration, 21, pp. 54 - 70, http://legalonline.thomson.com.au/jour/resultDetailed.jsp?curRequestedHref=journals&contentSourceHref=journals/JJA/volumes/21/parts/1/articles/54/fulltext&hitListPageContext=http://legalonline.thomson.com.au/jour/resultSummary.jsp?freeText=legg___limit=20___showDropDown=true___asicDropDown=0&searchId=1&hit=7&hits=63&articleType=fulltext&freeText=legg&titleCode=WdatmTpdc

Legg MJ; Moutsopoulos J; Mavrakis N, 2010, 'Removal of the responsible entity of a managed investment scheme: Voting by the responsible entity and its associates and the role of the chair', Company and Securities Law Journal, 28, pp. 566 - 566

Legg MJ, 2010, 'Village Life Ltd – Further Developments in Shareholder Class Actions', Insurance Law Journal, 21, pp. 51 - 51

Legg MJ; Boniface D, 2010, 'Pre-action Protocols in Australia', Journal of Judicial Administration, 20, pp. 39 - 39

Boniface D; Legg M, 2010, 'Cost, Delay and Justice: The High Court of Australia Recognizes the Importance of Case Management in Civil Litigation— Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University', Common Law World Review, 39, pp. 157 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1350/clwr.2010.39.2.0202

Legg , 2010, 'Funding a Class Action through Limiting the Group: What does Part IVA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) permit?', Australian Bar Review, 33, pp. 17 - 34

Legg , 2010, 'Mediation of complex commercial disputes prior to litigation: The Delaware Court of Chancery approach', Australian Dispute Resolution Journal, 21, pp. 44 - 52

Legg MJ, 2009, 'The Aristocrat Leisure Ltd shareholder class action settlement', Australian Business Law Review, 37, pp. 399 - 399

Legg MJ; Mavrakis N, 2009, 'ASIC v Citigroup: Fiduciary Duties, Managing Conflicts and Chinese Walls', Macquarie Journal of Business Law, 6, pp. 181 - 181

Legg MJ, 2009, 'The Extra-territorial Application of US Securities Class Actions', Australian Law Journal, 83, pp. 373 - 373

Legg , 2009, 'Entrepreneurs and Figureheads – Addressing Multiple Class Actions and Conflicts of Interest', UNSW Law Journal, 15, pp. 909

Legg ; Harris J, 2009, 'How the American Dream Became a Global Nightmare: An Analysis of the Causes of the Global Financial Crisis', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 32, pp. 350

Legg ; Travers L, 2009, 'Necessity is the mother of invention - the adoption of third party litigation funding and the closed class in australian class actions', Common Law World Review, 38, pp. 245 - 267

Legg , 2009, 'Replacement of the responsibile entity of a managed investment scheme by members', Company and Securities Law Journal, 27, pp. 299 - 309, http://legalonline.thomson.com.au/subscribed/static-fs/journals/CSLJ/LAWREP-027-CSLJ-JL-0299.pdf?sessionId=6649b4250ade6d031da4d2c00693a594

Harris J; Legg , 2009, 'What price investor protection? Class actions vs Corporate rescue', Insolvency Law Journal, 17, pp. 185

Legg MJ, 2008, 'Shareholder Class Actions in Australia - The Perfect Storm?', UNSW Law Journal, 31, pp. 669 - 669

Legg M; McBride V; Clark S, 2008, 'The New South Wales Representative Proceeding: A Class Action Half-Way House', University of Western Sydney Law Journal, 12, pp. 176 - 176

Legg MJ, 2008, 'The Opes Prime Litigation: Securities `Lending` Transfers Legal Title to Securities', Company and Securities Law Journal, 26, pp. 407 - 412

Legg M, 2007, 'Book Review - What is Life Worth? The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11', Australian Dispute Resolution Journal, 18, pp. 61 - 61

Legg MJ, 2007, 'Institutional Investors and Shareholder Class Actions: The Law and Economics of Participation', Australian Law Journal, 81, pp. 478 - 478

Legg MJ, 2007, 'Sons of Gwalia Ltd v Margaretic - Encouraging shareholder claims and the fraud on the market theory', Australian Business Law Review, 35, pp. 390 - 390

Legg MJ, 2007, 'The United States Deposition - Time for Adoption in Australian Civil Procedure?', Melbourne University Law Review, 31, pp. 146 - 146

Legg M, 2006, 'Auditor Independence and Criminal Liability Under CLERP 9', Australian Business Law Review, 34, pp. 156 - 156

Legg M, 2006, 'Book Review: War Law - International Law and Armed Conflict', Public Law Review, 17, pp. 233 - 233

Legg M, 2005, 'An Auditor’s Obligations to Report to ASIC: Between the Hammer and the Anvil', Companies and Securities Law Journal, 23, pp. 264 - 264

Legg M, 2005, 'Rasul v Bush: The War on Terrorism and the Right of Detainees to Access American Courts', Public Law Review, 16, pp. 89 - 89

Legg MJ, 2004, 'Economic Guidelines for Awarding Exemplary Damages', Monash University Law Review, 30, pp. 303 - 303

Legg MJ, 2004, 'Role of the Judge in the Settlement of Representative Proceedings: Lessons from the United States’ Class Action Experience', Australian Law Journal, 78, pp. 58 - 58

Legg M, 2004, 'Verizon Communications, Inc. v. F.C.C. – Telecommunications Access Pricing and Regulator Accountability through Administrative Law and Takings Jurisprudence', Federal Communications Law Journal, 56, pp. 563 - 563

Legg M, 2004, 'West Virginia Asbestos Mass Trial: Efficient Innovation or Constitutional Violation?', Defense Counsel Journal, 71, pp. 243 - 243

Legg M, 2003, 'Telecommunications Access Pricing in the United States and Australia: Problems and Responses', Trade Practices Law Journal, 11, pp. 233 - 233

Legg MJ, 2003, 'The Causation Conundrum of Mesothelioma', Tort Law Review, 11, pp. 9 - 9

Legg M, 2002, 'Indigenous Australians and International Law: Racial Discrimination, Genocide and Reparations', Berkeley Journal of International Law, 20, pp. 387 - 387

Legg M, 2002, 'Patent Law Developments in the United States: US Supreme Court Rules on Doctrine of Equivalents and Prosecution History Estoppel in Festo Corp. v Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. Ltd', Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 13, pp. 155 - 155

Legg M, 2000, 'Legal Professional Privilege after Esso: What is a dominant purpose?', Australian Bar Review, 20, pp. 40 - 40

Legg M, 2000, 'Negligent Acts and Pure Economic Loss in the High Court', Insurance Law Journal, 12, pp. 101 - 101

Legg M, 1999, 'Concurrent Liability and Contributory Negligence: The High Court’s decision in Astley v Austrust Ltd', Australian Bar Review, 18, pp. 262 - 262

Legg M, 1996, 'Misleading and Deceptive Conduct in Prospectuses', Companies and Securities Law Journal, 14, pp. 47 - 47

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