I'm trying to work out why Norfolk Island and Heard and McDonald Islands get their own little tariff regime. Perhaps the penguins on Heard have been exporting cuteness?

Coalition of the sane.

It's a thing called precedent.

I am very pleased to be speaking on the topic of international law and the resolution of groundwater disputes in the Middle East and Africa in Riyadh.

@ASSELLMU

Sydney, The Hague, London, Malta. A very full week of challenging international law work on complex human rights matters, climate change and capital punishment. Beginning with the ILA Australia event to celebrate former President Margaret Brewster and ending with the launch of new ILA Malta Branch.

I was delighted to address issues of groundwater and aquifer resources at Dubai Arbitration Week on Thursday, joining my 3 VB colleagues Dr Cameron Miles, Professor Attila M. Tanzi, Jane Davies Evans KC and Georges Chalfoun on a panel on freshwater scarcity and litigious issues.