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Katy Barnett

@drkatybarnett.bsky.social

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Law Prof esp Private Law, Remedies Melbourne Law School. Wrote 'Guilty Pigs' with Jeremy Gans. Blog: https://www.whatkatydid.net

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Katy Barnett is an Australian academic and author. She joined Melbourne Law School in 2006 as a sessional lecturer and was permanently appointed a Professor of Law in 2010.

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · 23d

My friend managed to get genuine bits of foyer - Canberra York gray granite and San Fransisco green granite - from the case of Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Bowen Investments Pty Ltd [2009] HCA 8, (2009) 236 CLR 272. No wonder Mrs Bergamin was so shocked and dismayed.

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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · Sep 11

Don't get me wrong. I still love my job. Despite all...

Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · Sep 10

Academia of today: budget cuts, redundancies, mergers, free speech on campuses on decline, ever-growing managerialism etc.

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire

Alt: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table surrounded by fire says "This is fine"

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Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · Sep 10

New📚Private Law Remedies
@drkatybarnett.bsky.social, University of Melbourne
Sirko Harder, University of Sussex

Available 👉 www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
Read a #free sample 👉 doi.org/10.4337/9781...

#Remedies #Damages #CommonLaw #PrivateLaw #CommercialLaw #Compensation

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Jul 14

Awesome trip to Boston to present at Harvard for Obligations XI on “How the Institutional Revolution Shaped Common Law Remedies for Breach of Contract”. Great to see old friends and meet new ones. Now home safely.

Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · May 16

Extremely proud of the book chapter I co-authored with @markbennettnz on Asset Protection Trusts in the Cook Islands, in which we undertook empirical research on the topic. It’s a chapter in this newly released book, which I commend to you. www.bloomsbury.com/au/asiapacif...

Asia-Pacific Trusts Law, Volume 3

This collection explores the boundaries of trusts law in the Asia-Pacific region.It is uncontroversial to state that the region's jurisdictions are diverse, ref…

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · May 14

For those of you who are interested in negotiating damages and the like, I was on Chris Patterson’s Law Down Under podcast: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-sg6qq-...

E33 Commercial Remedies - With Dr Katy Barnett

On today’s episode of the Law Down Under Podcast, we are joined by Dr Katy Barnett. Dr Katy Barnett is a Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School and is widely recognised as a leading authority in sev...

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Apr 2

A post by me on the recent English Court of Appeal decision in King Crude.

Edinburgh Centre for Private Law @ecprivatelaw.bsky.social · Apr 2

Check out our latest blog entry by Professor Katy Barnett on 'Scots Law Influencing English Law on Deposits and Debt'!

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Edinburgh Centre for Private Law @ecprivatelaw.bsky.social · Apr 2

Check out our latest blog entry by Professor Katy Barnett on 'Scots Law Influencing English Law on Deposits and Debt'!

blogs.ed.ac.uk/private-law/...

Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Mar 24

I imagine, with little corellas, that I can see what some dinosaurs might have looked like. Weird goggle eyed little dinos.

Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Mar 9

I just came up with an excellent collective noun: “She discovered she had an embarrassment of adoring swains.” (Not speaking about myself personally, I should hasten to add…)

Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Feb 28

An obituary for Professor Harold Luntz AO

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Vale Professor Harold Luntz AO

25 February 1937 – 29 January 2025

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Feb 23

Back at you @proftimstephens.bsky.social! Delighted to be in the same issue as well.

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · Feb 23

Very pleased to be published in the latest issue of the Contract and Commercial Law Review

#contractlaw #internationallaw

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Feb 22

Character sketches for ‘The Hidden People’ www.whatkatydid.net/p/the-hidden...

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Feb 20

If I wrote a sitcom of my life, no one would believe it. In my fiction, I wrote a dirge, sung by a eunuch in a totally made up funeral rite. Someone emailed my co-collaborator and I to say that they really loved the dirge and actually used it in a real funeral.

Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Feb 17

I have written a case and comment on the recent decision of the English Court of Appeal, King Crude Carriers v Ridgebury November, in (2025) 2 CCLR 164. Abstract explains the context.

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Jan 10

Here is my casenote on Cessnock City Council v 123 259 932 Pty Ltd [2024] HCA 17, on wasted expenditure and reliance damages, in the Cambridge Law Journal - open access.

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WASTED EXPENDITURE AND CONTRACT DAMAGES | The Cambridge Law Journal | Cambridge Core

WASTED EXPENDITURE AND CONTRACT DAMAGES - Volume 83 Issue 3

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Jan 4

I love the way sulphur crested cockatoos are so dexterous with their claws.

A sulphur crested cockatoo holding a nut.

Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Dec 28

In the morning light, fine threads glisten.
Tiny spiders have joined the cumquat tree with the rosemary.
Back and forth, the garden chairs are knit with tens of shining strands.
One tiny spider dared to leap from the washing line to the sage bush.
A leap of faith, weaving the world together.

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Dec 26

So awful to hear of this. I hope as many people, animals and plants are as okay as possible.

Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Dec 24

Congratulations!

Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Dec 23

Good luck! That’s awesome.

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Dec 21

Oh SHOOT, no, I am so sorry to hear this. (I don’t use social media as much as I did). I am so glad she is okay. I am fond of her - she reminds me of my first dog.

Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Dec 20

Thank you so much. Please do write more, and tell me if you do! I mean to write more on this specific topic myself; it is simply a matter of getting the time to finish what I’ve written so far.

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Dec 20

I also grew up with the book and then the radio adaptation, which I absolutely loved too. The films are fun - but not like the books. Nothing can be like the books.

Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Dec 20

View above my house was freaky.

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Dec 20

Presented at National University of Singapore on bailment - bonus pictures of chicken crossing road, and temple across the road from our hotel.

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Dec 20

Eastern Rosella in our garden.

Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Dec 20

‘Guilty Pigs: the weird and wonderful history of animal law’, my book with Jeremy Gans, has now been translated to Mandarin and published! www.cp.com.cn/book/2043c2b...

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Dec 10

Nevada Commissioner rules that Rupert Murdoch fails in his bid to amend his irrevocable family trust: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/b...

Rupert Murdoch Fails in Bid to Change Family Trust

A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly against Mr. Murdoch, who was trying to give full control of his empire to his son Lachlan and lock in Fox News’s right-wing editorial slant.