The University of Western Australia

Assoc/Prof Peter Sinden

Associate Professor
Law School

Contact details

Address

Law School
The University of Western Australia (M253)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 7059

Fax

6488 1045

Email

peter.sinden@uwa.edu.au

Qualifications

BA LLB Qld, LLM Lond.

Biography

Office: Law Link Room 2.42

Key research

- Competition Law

- Intellectual Property Law

- Consumer Protection Law

Peter's research interests are in competition law and intellectual property. He is particularly fascinated by the interface between these two areas of law and has published and lectured extensively on aspects of that subject, especially in relation to the problem of parallel imports.

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

In addition to his work at UWA, Peter is also one of the Directors of the Asia Pacific Intellectual Property Law Institute at Murdoch University.

Peter has been a consultant to several major law firms and in 1994-5 he was the consultant author of several reports by a Committee of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia (the Standing Committee on Intergovernmental Agreements and Delegated Legislation).

Peter was admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1977 and as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and Barrister of the High Court of Australia in 1988.

Teaching

International Business Law, Legal Principles for Management

Research profile

Research profile and publications