Recent News
Ethiopian Airlines ET302: The Legal Aftermath
In an article published by The Australian last week, IALPG's Principal Joseph Wheeler writes about the multitude of legal problems Boeing may face in the aftermath of Ethiopian Airlines ET302 and Lion Air JT610. A link to the original article published by The...
Update – Angels Are Coming
This week the Australian Navigational Guide Explaining Laws for Space (ANGELS), which will provide guidance for Australia’s burgeoning space industry, met an important milestone in its evolution. Creating an essential web resource for space startups and entrepreneurs...
In The Spotlight: Wright Technologies
IALPG is proud to represent Wright Technologies Pty Ltd. The group of entrepreneurs from Adelaide won ActinSpace in 2018 which involved a challenge set by the French Space Agency to create new, innovative traceability services. The prize for winning ActinSpace was a...
IALPG and Chicago firm join forces to assist victims of 737 MAX accidents
In light of aviation safety regulators worldwide taking unprecedented unilateral action to ground the fleet of Boeing 737 Max aircraft (until more is known about the two recent and high-profile accidents involving this type), IALPG is joining forces with international...
Ethiopian Airlines ET 302 – Boeing 737
Updated 20 April 2019 The Team at IALPG working on ET302 IALPG has teamed up with PMJ PLLC, a Chicago, Illinois firm of aviation law experts, to investigate and pursue claims on behalf of families touched by the Et302 disaster, to prevent such accidents recurring, and...
Recent aviation law cases of interest
Two recent cases provide equally important judicial insights into how certain important aspects of aviation regulation and the policies underpinning them are to be treated - albeit in two very different circumstances, and disparate jurisdictions. Work Health Authority...
Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2019
On the last Parliamentary sitting day for several weeks (21 February 2019), a bipartisan Bill was introduced into Federal Parliament amending the Civil Aviation Act 1988 which, if adopted, will require CASA to “consider the economic and cost impact on individuals,...
Consultations, activities and launches
The start of 2019 has been a busy one in respect to submissions to a variety of governmental reviews. Law Reform and Parliamentary Evidence IALPG was asked to provide its views to the Queensland Law Reform Commission's Civil Surveillance and Privacy Review, and has in...
Best wishes to Karina from the team
IALPG Lawyer Karina Galliford has headed off on Maternity leave for baby number 2! Karina has been with the firm for 2 years after starting as a law graduate and Senior Law Clerk, completing her PLT with the College of Law and was admitted to the profession at the...