Year of Admission: 2013
Elected to the Bar: 2024
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Dr Michael Douglas
Dr Michael Douglas practises in commercial litigation and defamation law.
Michael has specialist expertise in defamation, torts and the conflict of laws. His work on those subjects has been cited as authoritative in Australia and overseas. His publications include:
- M Davies, A S Bell, M Douglas and P Herzfeld, Nygh’s Conflict of Laws in Australia (LexisNexis, 11th ed, 2025) (also co-author of the 10th edition with Davies, Bell and P L G Brereton)
- David Rolph, Matt Vitins, Judith Bannister, Daniel Joyce, Jason Bosland, Michael Douglas and Jonathan Gill, Media Law (Oxford University Press, 3rd ed, 2022)
- David Rolph, Jason N E Varuhas, Penelope Crossley and Michael Douglas, Balkin & Davis Law of Torts (LexisNexis, 6th ed, 2021)
- Michael Douglas, Forum Shopping in Australian Defamation Litigation (PhD thesis, University of Sydney, 2022)
In 2026 he is a member of council of the Law Society of WA; editor of Brief, the publication of the Law Society of WA; and Australian Vice-President of the Australasian Association of Private International Law.
Qualifications
BA(Hons) LLB, LLM(Dist), MBA(Dist) W.Aust. PhD Syd