This article in the Australian is well worth a quick read.. it highlights the importance of the Chinese legal market to the Australian legal industry.. like everywhere else in the legal world it appears those in positions of power want two things from stronger legal relationships with China.
The western concept of law to influence the chinese concepts of law and justice and of course more importantly the subtext .. how can the Australian legal industry get hold of part of the pie that the Americans, Brits and French are tucking into….
The Australian introduces its article by writing…
China legal trade a bridge to understanding
Chris Merritt | July 24, 2009
Article from:? The Australian
TIM Bugg has taken over as the government’s main adviser on legal exports at a time that the Chinese would describe as “interesting”.
Mr Bugg, a former president of the Law Council, now leads the International Legal Services Advisory Council — an organisation that has helped push the value of legal exports from $67 million in 1989 to $675m in 2007.
And much of that growth has been due to transactions taking place in China — which now takes more of Australia’s legal exports than any other market except North America.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25825278-17044,00.html
