Deborah Healey

Senior Lecturer

LLB LLM (Hons) Syd

Contact details

Room:

327 Law Building

Phone:

9385 2226

E-mail:

d.healey@unsw.edu.au

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Brief overview

Deborah  joined the Faculty of Law in 2003 after many years practising as a commercial lawyer, with a major focus on competition law and a real involvement in sport and the law. She teaches courses in competition law at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, consumer protection and a number of sports related courses in the LLM programme.

Deborah has more recently researched extensively in areas relating to developing competition laws of China and Hong Kong, and is currently leading a research project on competitive neutrality for UNCTAD. Her membership of the Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Committee has seen substantial input into reform of Australian Consumer Law. She is also involved in research on governance in sport. She is convenor of the Corporate and Commercial stream of the LLM Programme.

Courses taught

Areas of expertise

Competition law in Australia, Competition law in China and Hong Kong, Sport and law, Consumer protection law

Professional memberships and affiliations

Member Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council

Member Academic Society of Competition Lawyers (ASCOLA)

Member Research Partnership Platform on Competition and Consumer Law, UN Competition Trade and Development Committee (UNCTAD)

Member, Asian Competition and Economic Law Centre, Hong Kong

Editor, Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Journal

Advisory Committee Member , International Sports Law Journal

Management Committee, Indigenous Law Centre

CCH Trade Practices Reporter, Consultant Author

Member, Appeal Tribunal, Football Federation of Australia

Board Member, Australian Baseball Federation