In September 2012 The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG Justice of the High Court of Australia (1996-2009, Chairman, OECD Expert Group on Privacy Protection (1978-80) said;‘This service covers all aspects and causes of action necessary for the protection of confidential information as an aspect of intellectual property. It is unique in Australia. For many years it has been used by the legal profession as its first resort in problems of this kind. It collects the many relevant principles and causes of action that can be invoked to protect against the misuse of information. Moreover, it presents the subject with logic and simplicity. It draws on Robert Dean’s practical outlook, derived from years of experience as a barrister, working in this specialised field of law. It is a boon to legal practitioners but also a delight to scholars and judges, searching in the mass of legal detail for the emerging unifying concepts. I warmly commend this work’ |
1982 | Thesis “The Conciliation and Arbitration Contribution to Wage Flexibility and Distributive Justice of Wage Fixing in Australia”Thesis “Protection from the misuse of Unpatented Trade Secrets” | ||
1984 | Published “Crystallization?” LIJ | ||
1985 | Published “Unnatural Injustice” LIJ | ||
1990 | Published “The Law of Trade Secrets” (Law Book Co.) | ||
2003 | Published second edition of The Law of Trade Secrets now entitled “The Law or Trade Secrets and Personal Secrets” | ||
2004 | Published “A Right to Privacy?” (2004) 78 ALJ 74 Published “Twists and Turns on the Road to Privacy” (2004) 58 Intellectual Property Forum 10Download the ALJ article “A Right to Privacy?” here |
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2005 | Published “Employers, Ex-employees and Trade Secrets” Law Book Coy | ||
2006 | Protection of Trade secrets and knowhow LIV article Download the Protection of Trade secrets and knowhow LIV article here Off-the-rails |
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2007 | Published in the Age Opinion, “Menzies Vision Betrayed”Published in the Age Opinion “Changing our State System without debate”. Published in the Age Opinion “Menzies way ….” | ||
2008 | Corporations increasing power to Canberra | ||
2009 | Published in the Age Opinion “When the sheep sold out the……Published in the Age Opinion “Indigenous Education” Sex, video tape and the law |
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2010 | Precedents in Thomson’s “Legal Precedents” looseleaf and online to be published in 2010 Currently under contract with Thomson Publishing to write loose leaf service “The Law of Trade Secrets and Privacy” ![]() |
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2013 | Seminar and diagrams on fiduciary relationships. | ||
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2015 | Restraint Or Restriction Of Trade article LIJ July 2015 issue | ||
2018 | “Published Dean on Trade Secrets and Privacy” 3rd edition 2018 | ![]() |
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