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Professor
LLB (Hons), PhD (QUT)
Legal Practitioner, Queensland and High Court
Contact
Room C321 (Gardens Point campus)
Tel: (07) 3138 1104
Fax: (07) 3138 4253
Email: d.butler@qut.edu.au
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Major publications
Researched, scholarly books
- Lindy Willmott, Sharon Christensen and Des Butler, Contract Law, Oxford University Press 2 nd edition (2005) pages i- lxvii, 1-931 ISBN 0 195 51736 9
- Des Butler and Sharon Rodrick, Australian Media Law, LawBook Co 2 nd edition (2004) pages i-lxxvii, 1-629 ISBN 0 455 21902 8
- Des Butler, Damages for Psychiatric Injury (Federation Press) (2004) pages i-xix, 1-155 ISBN 1 86287 491 3
- Des Butler, Employer Liability for Workplace Trauma (Ashgate Press) (2002) pages i-xxi, 1-208 ISBN 0 754 62287 8
- Lindy Willmott, Sharon Christensen and Des Butler, Contract Law, Oxford University Press (2001) pages 1-lvi, 1-855, ISBN 0 195 51006 2
- Des Butler and Sharon Rodrick, Australian Media Law, LBC Information Services (1999) pages i-xxii, 1-569 ISBN 0 455 21675 4
- DA Butler and WD Duncan, Maritime Law in Australia, Legal Books (1992) pages i-lxx, 1-472 ISBN 1 86316 046 9
Other books
- Des Butler, Contract Law : Questions and Answers, Butterworths (2005) pages i- viii, 1-232 ISBN 0 409 32133 8
- Des Butler, Contract Law : Questions and Answers, Butterworths (1999) pages i-viii, 1-246 ISBN 0 409 31383 1
Chapters in books
- DA Butler and FG Turner, "Maritime Law" in Queensland Annual Law Review 1993-1994 (W Harris, C Kenny, P MacFarlane eds), Queensland Law Society, 1994, pp.151-153
- DA Butler and FG Turner, "Maritime Law" in Queensland Annual Law Review 1992 (W Harris, C Kenny, M Rackemann, A Wallace eds), Queensland Law Society, 1993, pp.213-217
- DA Butler and FG Turner, "Maritime Law" in Queensland Annual Law Review 1991-1992 (D Gardiner, C Kenny, M Rackemann eds), Queensland Law Society, 1992, pp.213-217
- DA Butler and WT Purcell, "Landmark Cases" in Queensland Annual Law Review 1991-1992 (D Gardiner, C Kenny, M Rackemann eds), Queensland Law Society, 1992, pp.192-196
- DA Butler and FG Turner, "Maritime Law" in Queensland Annual Law Review 1990-1991 (D Gardiner, C Kenny, M Rackemann eds), Queensland Law Society, 1991, pp.192-195
- DA Butler and WT Purcell, "Landmark Cases" in Queensland Annual Law Review 1990-1991 (D Gardiner, C Kenny, M Rackemann eds), Queensland Law Society, 1991, pp.165-169
Researched, scholarly articles
- Des Butler, "Psychiatric Injury in the Workplace" Torts Law Journal Volume 14 (forthcoming, expected publication early 2006)
- Des Butler, "A Tort of Invasion of Privacy in Australia?" University of Melbourne Law Review Volume 29, pp 1-50 (2005)
- Des Butler, "A Comparison of the Adoption of the Ipp Report Recommendations and Other Personal Injuries Liability Reforms"Torts Law Journal Volume 13, pp 203-214 (2005)
- Des Butler, "Gifford v Strang and the new landscape for liability for psychiatric injury in Australia"Torts Law Journal Volume 12, pp 108-127 (2004)
- Des Butler, "United States Supreme Court Upholds Claims for Emotional Distress from Fear of Cancer" Torts Law Review Volume 11, pp 6-9 (2003)
- Des Butler, "An Examination of Competing Policy Considerations in Cases of Psychiatric Injury Resulting from Negligence" Torts Law Journal Volume 10, pp 13-40, 2002
- Des Butler, "Voyages in uncertain seas with dated maps: recent developments in liability for psychiatric injury in Australia"Torts Law Journal Volume 9, pp 1-15, 2001
- Des Butler, "Is Polly Peck at risk of losing its sting?" Media and Arts Law Review Volume 5, pp 259-266, 2000
- Des Butler, "Lange revisited: exploring the implied freedom of communication concerning government or political matters" Media and Arts Law Review Volume 5, pp 145-158, 2000
- Des Butler, "Media Negligence in the Information Age: a New Frontier for a New Century?"Torts Law Journal Volume 8, pp 159-186, 2000
- Des Butler, "Breach of contract and contributory negligence: a prolonged debate finally resolved"Australian Business Law Review, Volume 28, pp 132-136, 2000
- Des Butler, "Once more into the mire, dear friends! Determining the existence of a duty of care in negligence"National Law Review, Article No 3, 2000 (electronic journal)
- Des Butler, "Scandalising Contempt under the Family Court Act 1975 and 'Institutionalised' Bias"Media and Arts Law Review Volume 4, pp 277-283, 1999
- Des Butler, "Lange v Australian Broadcasting Commission: Its Effect in Defamation Code States" National Law Review, Article No 8, 1998 (electronic journal)
- Des Butler, "Pham v Lawson : widening the sphere for recovery for bystander nervous shock."Torts Law Journal, Volume 6, No 3, pp 195-203, 1998
- Des Butler, "Enforcement of third party rights in Queensland pursuant to Property Law Act 1974 (Qld), s 55."QUT Law Journal, Volume 14, pp 73-82, 1998
- Des Butler, "Susceptibilities to Nervous Shock: Dispensing with the Mythical 'Normal Person'"Macarthur Law Review, Volume 1, pp 107-138, 1997
- Des Butler, "Identifying the Compensable Damage in 'Nervous Shock' Cases" Torts Law Journal, Volume 5, Number 1, pp 67-87, 1997
- Des Butler, "A 'Kind of Damage': Removing the 'Shock' from 'Nervous Shock'"Torts Law Journal Vol 5, No 3, pp 255-275, 1997
- Des Butler, "Managing Liability for Bystander Psychiatric Injury in a post Hill v Van Erp environment"QUT Law Journal Vol 13, pp 152-174, 1997
- Des Butler, "Nervous Shock at Common Law and Third Party Communications: Are Australian Nervous Shock Statutes at Risk of being Outflanked?"Torts Law Journal, Volume 4, Number 2, pp 120-136, 1996
- Des Butler, Proximity as a Determinant of Duty: the Nervous Shock Litmus Test"Monash University Law Review, Volume 21, No.2, pp.159-187, 1995
- Des Butler, "Mass Media Liability for Nervous Shock: A Novel Test for Proximity"Torts Law Journal, Volume 3, No.1, pp.75-96, 1995
- Des Butler, "Equitable Estoppel: Reflections and Directions" Corporate and Business Law Journal, Volume 6, No.2, pp.249-274, 1993
- MWD White and DA Butler, "Admiralty Law in Papua New Guinea: The Federal Huron"QUT Law Journal, Volume 5, pp.163-166, 1990 (95% contribution)
Other articles
- Des Butler, "Liability for Psychiatric Injuries in Australia: Pieces Falling into Place" Australian Civil Liability Volume 2, pp 25-30, 2005
- Des Butler, "Personal Privacy: Boldly Going Where No Australian Court Has Gone Before – Part I"Queensland Lawyer, Volume 24, pp 70-73, 2003
- Des Butler, "Personal Privacy: Boldly Going Where No Australian Court Has Gone Before – Part II"Queensland Lawyer Volume 25, 2004
- Des Butler and V Mellis, "E-mail: Do Employees Have a Right to Privacy"Queensland Lawyer, Volume 23, pp 78-85, 2002
- Des Butler, "Liability for psychiatric injury in Australia and England: the Great Divide"Queensland Lawyer Volume 22, Pt 8 pp 94-98, 2001
- Des Butler, "A New Liability for Solicitors, A New Approach for Negligence"Queensland Lawyer, Volume 19, Pt 5, pp 151-154, 1998
- Des Butler, "Constitutional protection for communications concerning government or political matters"Queensland Lawyer Vol 18, Pt 2, pp 39-42, 1997
- Des Butler, "Psychiatric Injury Resulting from a Tortfeasor's Death, Injury or Peril: Debunking an Unfortunate Dictum" Queensland Law Society Journal, Volume 26, Part 6, pp 557-562, 1996
- Des Butler, "Nervous Shock from Witnessing Catastrophes: Medical Enlightenment or Legal Conservatism?"Queensland Lawyer, Volume 15, Part 6, pp.201-205, 1995
- Des Butler, "Admissions of Liability in Litigation: Contractual Undertakings and Estoppel"Queensland Law Society Journal, Volume 25, Part 6, pp.591-595, 1995
- Des Butler, "Proximity on Troubled Waters"Queensland Law Society Journal, Volume 23, pp.373-376, 1993 (4 journal pages).
- Des Butler, "Settlement discussions, time limits and the new estoppel: Chellaram v. COSCO" Queensland Law Society Journal, Volume 22, pp.151-154, 1992
- Des Butler, "The Commonwealth v. Verwayen: Quo Vadis Estoppel, Waiver?"Queensland Law Society Journal, Volume 21, pp.287-297, 1991
- Des Butler, "Privity of Contract in Queensland: Recent Developments"Queensland Lawyer, Volume 10, pp.147-156, 1990
- Des Butler, "Is there a Public Interest Defence to a Breach of Confidence?"Queensland Law Society Journal, Volume 20, pp.363-368, 1990
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