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Professor Deborah Healey

Professor Deborah Healey

Professor
Law & Justice
School of Private & Commercial Law

Deborah Healey is a Professor at UNSW Law and a Director of the Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law Centre.Ìý Her research and teaching focus on competition law and policy in Australia, China, Hong Kong and the ASEAN nations and she has written widely around them over a long period of time. She is a regular visitor to those jurisdictions to research and teach. Within the area of competition law, she is particularly interested in the role of government in the market, both in Australia and internationally; merger regulation; competition in banking and finance; and the digital economy. Deborah has undertaken substantial researchÌý in the development of the Anti-Monopoly Law of China against the background of its political economy and has written widely alone and with Chinese co-authors and in material translated into Chinese. She has consulted with, andÌýcompleted research projects for, UNCTAD, OECD and ASEAN, She is a Non-Government Adviser to the International Competition Network and a member of the Law Council of Australia Competition Law Committee.

Deborah is also widely published in sports law, is a Life Member of the Australia and New Zealand Sport Law Association, and is Co-editor of the Australia and New Zealand Sport Law Journal. She has served as a director on the boards ofÌý major sporting organisations for the last 25 years.

She spent many years in commercial practice in Australia with large firms, is admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the Federal Court of Australia and holds a current Practising Certificate.

Phone
+61 2 9385 2226
Location
Room 327 Law Building UNSW Kensington Campus
  • Books | 2020
    Healey D; Jacobs M; Smith RL, 2020, Research Handbook on Methods and Models of Competition Law: RESEARCH HANDBOOKS IN COMPETITION LAW,
    Books | 2009
    Healey DJ, 2009, Sport and the Law, 4th, UNSW Press, Sydney
    Books | 2005
    Healey DJ, 2005, Sport and the Law, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney
    Books | 1988
    Healey D, 1988, Australian Trade Practices Law
    Books | 1987
    Healey D, 1987, Guidebook to Australian Trade Practices Law, CCH Australia
    Books | 1986
    Healey D, 1986, Guidebook to Australian Trade Practices Law, CCH Australia
    Books | 1982
    Healey D, 1982, Guidebook to Australian Trade Practices Law, CCH Australia
  • Book Chapters | 2023
    Healey D; Smith RL, 2023, 'Mergers down under', in Research Handbook on Global Merger Control, pp. 403 - 426,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Healey D, 2021, 'The Anti-Monopoly Law of China: Prospects for Change', in Charbit N; Gachot S (ed.), Eleanor Fox Antitrust Ambassador to the WOrld Liber Amicorum, Concurrences, New York, pp. 485 - 506,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Healey D; Smith R, 2020, 'Competition Law in Flux: established and emerging approaches to methodology', in Healey D; Jacobs M; Smith R (ed.), Research Handbook on Models and Methods of Competition Law, pp. 2 - 11
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Healey D, 2020, 'The ambit of competition law: comments on its goals', in Healey D; Jacobs M; Smith R (ed.), Research Handbook on Models and Methods of Competition Law, Edward Elgar, pp. 12 - 37,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Nicholls R, 2020, 'Algorithm-Driven Collusive Conduct', in Healey D; Jacobs M; Smith R (ed.), Research Handbook on Methods and Models of Competition Law, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, England, pp. 138 - 166
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Smith R; Healey D, 2020, 'Unilateral conduct analysis: focus on harm in multiple guises', in Healey D; Jacobs M; Smith R (ed.), Research Handbook on Models and Methods of Competition Law, Edward Elgar, pp. 204 - 227,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Healey D; Fox E, 2019, 'Competition Policy and Industrial Policy in China: Toward a New Equilibrium?', in Wang Xiaoye Liber Amicorum: The Pioneer of Competition Law in China, pp. 205 - 205
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Healey D, 2019, 'Competitive Neutrality and the Role of Competition Authorities: a Glance at Experiences in Europe and Asia-Pacific', in Burnier Da Silviera P; Kovacic W (ed.), Global Competition Enforcement: New Players, New Challenges, Wolters Kluwer, pp. 51 - 68,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Healey D; Coles J, 2018, 'Government, the market and the Level Playing Field:Covering All the Bases', in Hanrahan P; Black A (ed.), Contemporary Issues in Corporate and Competition Law: Essays in Honour of Professor Robert Baxt AO, Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd trading as LexisNexis, Australia, pp. 141 - 162,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Byrnes AC, 2016, 'Human Rights and the Anti-Doping Lex Sportiva— The Relationship of Public and Private International Law, ‘Law Beyond the State’ and the Laws of Nation States', in Haas U; Healey DJ (ed.), Doping in Sport and the Law, Hart Publishing Limited, pp. 81 - 104
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Healey DJ, 2016, 'The Myth of the Level Playing Field in Sport', in Healey DJ; Haas U (ed.), Doping in Sport and the Law, Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 3 - 17,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Healey DJ, 2015, 'Competitive Neutrality: Addressing Government Advantage in Australian Markets', in State-Initiated Restraints of Competition, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 3 - 39,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Healey DJ, 2015, 'Mergers and Conditions in China: Caution, Control, or Industrial Policy?', in Toohey L; Picker C; Greenacre J (ed.), China in the International Economic Order: New Directions and Changing Paradigms, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 245 - 267,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Healey DJ, 2014, 'Australian experience with competition law: the state as a market actor', in Cheng T; Lianos I; Sokol DD (ed.), Competition and the State, Stanford University Press, pp. 205 - 223,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Healey DJ, 2014, 'Competitive Neutrality: The Concept', in Healey DJ (ed.), Competitive Neutrality and its Application in Selected Developing Countries, edn. UNCTAD Partnership Platform Series, UNCTAD, Geneva, pp. 10 - 32
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Healey D, 2013, 'Australia', in The Political Economy of Competition Law in Asia, pp. 344 - 378,
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Healey DJ, 2013, 'Australia', in Williams M (ed.), The Political Economy of Competition Law in Asia, edn. Original, Edward Elgar, UK, pp. 344 - 378,
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Healey DJ, 2013, 'Exchange and integration of modern legal systems: Competition and Merger Law in China & Australia', in Fusion of Contemporary legal dealings with the law, Chinese Law and Politics University Press, China, pp. 384 - 404
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Healey D, 2012, 'China's Anti- Monopoly Law: Agent of competition enhancement or engine of industrial policy? Comment on Wang and Su', in The Goals of Competition Law, pp. 398 - 407
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Healey DJ, 2012, 'China’s Anti-Monopoly Law: Agent of Competition or Engine of Industrial Policy? Comments on paper of Professor Wang and Jessica Su', in Zimmer D (ed.), Goals of Competition law, edn. Original, Edward Elgar, UK, pp. 398 - 408
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Healey DJ, 2011, 'A comparative look at the competition law control of state-owned enterprises and government in China', in Drexl J (ed.), More Common Ground for International Competition Law, Edward Elgar,
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Healey DJ, 2008, 'Seven Loses the football: why all the fuss?', in Essays in Sport and Law, edn. 1, ASSH Studies, Melbourne, pp. 11 - 23
    Book Chapters | 1999
    Terry AL; Giles S; Redfern M, 1999, 'Misleading or deceptive conduct', in Franchising Law and Practice, edn. Original, pp. 100,011 - 100,183
  • Edited Books | 2020
    Healey D; Jacobs M; Smith R, (eds.), 2020, Research Handbook on Models and Methods of Competition Law, Edward Elgar,
    Edited Books | 2016
    Healey D; Haas U, (ed.), 2016, Doping in Sport and Law, Hart Publishing, United Kingdom
    Edited Books | 2016
    Healey DJ; Haas U, (ed.), 2016, Doping in Sport and the Law, Hart Publishing, Oxford
    Edited Books | 2014
    Healey DJ, (ed.), 2014, Competitive Neutrality and its Application in Selected Developing Countries, UNCTAD, Geneva,
    Edited Books | 2008
    Healey D; Hickie T; Hughes T; Scutt J, (eds.), 2008, Essays in Sport and Law, Australian Society for Sports History, Sydney
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Smith R; Healey D, 2024, 'Attacking concentration: market power in the digital space', European Competition Journal, 20, pp. 295 - 314,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Healey D; Smith R, 2023, 'Competitive Neutrality in Australia: Time for a Reset?', Australian Business Law Review, pp. 360 - 373
    Journal articles | 2023
    Smith RL; Healey D; Bai X, 2023, 'Competitive Neutrality: OECD Recommendations and the Australian Experience', Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 19, pp. 250 - 276,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Smith RL; Healey D, 2022, 'Effective Merger Review: A Question for Australian Courts?', Antitrust Bulletin, 67, pp. 600 - 621,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Healey D; Fox E, 2021, 'Competition Law and the State: Competition Laws" Prohibitions of Anti-Competitive State Acts and Measures', Competition Policy International
    Journal articles | 2021
    Healey D; Smith R, 2021, 'Merger Reform in Australia: Possible Approaches', Competition Policy International
    Journal articles | 2021
    Healey D; Smith R, 2021, 'The Art of Crystal Ball Gazing? Assessing digital Mergers', Australian Competition and Consumer Law Journal, 2021, pp. 292 - 315
    Journal articles | 2021
    Healey D, 2021, 'Current issues: Regulation of Big Tech:News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code', Australian Law Journal, 95, pp. 3 - 6
    Journal articles | 2020
    Healey D, 2020, 'Grab–Uber merger in Southeast Asia: the Singapore approach', Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, 8, pp. 638 - 648,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Healey D; Smith R, 2019, ''Competitive Neutrality in Australia: Opportunity for Policy Development'', Competition Law and Policy Review, 5, pp. 166 - 192
    Journal articles | 2019
    Healey D, 2019, 'Competitive Neutrality and the Role of Competition Authorities: a Glance at Experiences in Europe and Asia-Pacific', Revista De Defesa Da Concorrência, 7, pp. 51 - 51,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Healey D; Coles J, 2018, 'From "Carries on Business' to 'In Trade Or Commerce": Efficiency in Government or Semantic Endeavour?', Competition and Consumer Law Journal, 26, pp. 47 - 81
    Journal articles | 2018
    Healey D; Smith R, 2018, 'Competitive Neutrality in Australia:Opportunity for Policy Development', Competition and Consumer Law Journal, 25, pp. 223 - 248
    Journal articles | 2018
    Healey D, 2018, 'Antitrust regimes in the Pacific Region: Introduction', Concurrences, 2018,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Healey D; Nicholls RJ, 2017, 'Enhancing Competition: Challenges for Australian Retail Banking', Journal of Banking and Finance: Law and Practice, 28, pp. 48 - 71,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Healey D; Zhang C; Coles J, 2017, 'Sustaining the Status Quo: The Use of Conditions in Chinese Merger Clearance', Tsinghua China Law Review, 10, pp. 1 - 32
    Journal articles | 2017
    Healey DJ, 2017, 'Bank Mergers in China: What Role for Competition?', Asian Journal of Comparative Law,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Healey DJ; Nicholls R, 2016, 'Should Stability Reign? The Consumer Downside of Foregone Competition in Retail Banking Markets', Banking and Finance Law Review, 32, pp. 69 - 101,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Healey DJ; Young Y, 2016, 'Competition Regimes in Singapore and Hong Kong: A Product of Idiosyncratic Attributes of Small Market Economies?', Journal of Business Law
    Journal articles | 2014
    Fox EM; Healey D, 2014, 'When the state harms competition-the role for competition law', Antitrust Law Journal, 79, pp. 769 - 820,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Healey DJ, 2014, 'Mergers in China: What's the Story?', Australian Law Journal, pp. 92 - 95
    Journal articles | 2013
    Healey DJ, 2013, 'Competition Law Compliance in Australia: Diverse Strategies for the Regulator and Business', Economic Law Review, 25, pp. 371 - 393
    Journal articles | 2012
    Healey D, 2012, 'Governance in Sport: Outside the Box?', The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 23, pp. 39 - 60,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Healey DJ, 2012, 'Application of Competition Laws to Government in Asia', KLRI Journal of Law and Legislation, 2, pp. 57 - 97
    Journal articles | 2012
    Healey DJ, 2012, 'Strange Bedfellows or Soulmates: A Comparison of Merger Regulation in China and Australia', Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 7, pp. 1 - 40
    Journal articles | 2012
    Healey DJ, 2012, 'Strange Bedfellows or Soulmates: A Comparison of Merger Regulation in China and Australia', Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 7, pp. 1 - 40,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Healey DJ, 2009, 'Third Line Forcing: Has the problem gone away?', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 32, pp. 249 - 262
    Journal articles | 2008
    Healey DJ, 2008, 'An Anti-monopoly Law for China: Weapon or Mirage?', Competition and Consumer Law Journal, 16, pp. 220 - 245
    Journal articles | 2007
    Healey DJ, 2007, 'A bridge too far: risk, warning signs and negligence', Australian Civil Liability, 4, pp. 84
    Journal articles | 2006
    Healey DJ, 2006, 'Risk in recreation: interpretation of the rules', Australian Civil Liability, 3, pp. 25 - 29
    Journal articles | 2006
    Healey DJ, 2006, 'Sport and the law: how do they work together?', Legal Date, 18, pp. 1 - 3
    Journal articles | 2006
    Healey DJ, 2006, 'The court as referee in sport: what are the limits?', Reform: a journal of national and international law reform, 88, pp. 39 - 41
    Journal articles | 2006
    Healey DJ, 2006, 'Warnings and Exclusions Post Personal Responsibility', Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Journal, 1, pp. 7 - 41
    Journal articles | 2006
    Healey DJ, 2006, 'Warnings and waivers in recreation', Australian Civil Liability, 3, pp. 37 - 40
    Journal articles | 2006
    Orchard JW; Fricker PA; White S; Burke L; Healey DJ, 2006, 'The use and abuse of performance-enhancing substances in sport', Medical Journal of Australia, 184, pp. 244 - 248
    Journal articles | 2006
    Orchard JW; Fricker PA; White SL; Burke LM; Healey DJ, 2006, '4. The use and misuse of performance-enhancing substances in sport', Medical Journal of Australia, 184, pp. 132 - 136,
    Journal articles | 2005
    Brennan S; Healey DJ; Hunter JB; Johnson D; San Roque M; Wolff LT, 2005, 'Indigenous Legal Education at UNSW: A Work-In-Progress', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 6, pp. 26 - 29
    Journal articles | 2003
    Healey DJ, 2003, 'The ACCC and the media: Improving the ratings', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 26, pp. 305 - 314
    Journal articles |
    Nicholls R; Healey D, 'Balancing Competition and Stability in Australian Retail Banking', SSRN Electronic Journal,
  • Other | 2022
    Wang H; Healey D, 2022, The implications of a digital Australian dollar, ,
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    Healey D, 2021, 'The promotion of competitive neutrality by competition authorities: competitive neutrality and government policy', presented at OECD 20th Global Forum on Competition Law Conference, Paris, 06 December 2021 - 08 December 2021,
    Reports | 2020
    Lin P; Healey D; Yong H, 2020, Comparative Study of Competition Impact Assessment Regimes and Implications for Hong Kong, Forthcoming
    Reports | 2019
    Healey D, 2019, Updating 2012 ASEAN Regional Capacity Building Roadmap, Report for ASEAN, CLIP Phase II of the AANZFTA Economic Coopearion Work Programme (ECWP) (2017), ASEAN, ASEAN website,
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Healey D, 2018, 'Competition Law and State-Owned Enterprises', Paris, presented at OECD Global Forum on Competition, Paris, 29 November 2018 - 30 November 2018
    Reports | 2018
    Healey D, 2018, Competition Law and State-Owned Enterprises: Enforcement, OECD No DAF/COMP/GF(2018)11, 30 November 2018) 9-11
    Reports | 2015
    Evans C; Healey DJ; Nehme M; Nicholls R; Penel C, 2015, Competition in Financial Services, Centre for International Finance and Regulation,
    Reports | 2015
    Healey DJ, 2015, Bipartite Peer Review of Competition Law and Policy:Fiji and Papua New Guinea, United Nations Committee on Trade and Development, Geneva
    Reports | 2015
    Healey DJ, 2015, Competition Law and the State: Competition Laws' Prohibitions of Anti-Competitive State Acts and Measures Vols 1 and 2, United Nations Committee on Trade and Development
    Reports | 2014
    Healey DJ, 2014, The Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law:Lessons for Australian banks and Chinese Regulators, Centre for International Financial Regulation
    Conference Papers | 2008
    Healey DJ, 2008, 'Competition Law and Enforcement: the Australian Experience', in Qaqaya H; Lipimile G (ed.), The effects of anti-competitive business practices on developing countries and their development prospects, United Nations Conference on Trade & Development, Geneva, pp. 463 - 495, presented at United Nations Conference on Trade & Development, Geneva, -
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Healey DJ, 2007, 'Competition law and government bodies: the Australian experience', in 3rd Asian Competition Forum, 3rd Asian Competition Forum, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, presented at 3rd Asian Competition Forum, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 December 2007
    Other | 2006
    Kingsford Smith D; Healey D, 2006, Unfair Contract Terms in Consumer Terms in Consumer Contracts: Examples, Arguments and Recommendations from Online Investing - Submission No 29 to Legislative Council Standing Committee on Law and Justice, Parliament of New South Wales,
  • Media | 2019
    Wang L; Healey D, 2019, China’s proposed law on foreign investment: Will the new law be welcoming enough for investors?, APPS Policy Forum, ,

Current research activities include:

Competition Law and the State II- research project through UNCTAD with Professor Eleanor Fox of NYU

Competitive Neutrality in China -with Professor Zhang Chenying of Tsinghua University Beijing

Comparative Study of Competition Assessment Regimes and implications for Hong Kong with Professor Lin Ping (Lignan University Hong Kong) and Professor Huang Yong UIBE, Beijing

Impact of Digital Markets on Competition Law

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My Research Supervision

She is currently supervising theses on Australian competition law, Chinese competition law and policy and sport law.

My Teaching

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Deborah teaches the following courses:

Competition Law ( LAWS3022; JURD7522)

Competition Law and Policy (LAWS8219;JURD7419)

Global Issues in Competition Law and Policy (LAWS8203;JURD7603)

Business Associations (LAWS1091;JURD7224)Ìý

Asian Competition Law (LAWS8073)

Australian Consumer Law (LAWS3137; JURD7337)

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