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Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism, sponsored by Banki Haddock Fiora
(November 2009)
Banki Haddock Fiora is a sponsor of the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism - our award is for the category of best cartoon.

This year the winner was Peter Nicholson of The Australian, for his cartoon “Bashir and Bombing”. The panel's comment was "In the wake of the Jakarta bombings, Nicholson deftly skewered the morality of a spiritual teacher who has guided his young pupils towards suicide bombing".

Further recognition for BHF partner Peter Knight
(August 2009)
Banki Haddock Fiora Partner Peter Knight has been recognised as a leading practitioner in internet and e-commerce law in the International Who’s Who of Internet & e-Commerce Lawyers 2009. This independent survey by London-based Law Business Research Ltd identifies the leading general counsel and internet and e-commerce lawyers in private practice worldwide, as nominated by clients and peers.

Peter Knight joined Banki Haddock Fiora in 2009. In the past he has repeatedly been recommended as a leading lawyer in information technology and intellectual property by publications such as Chambers Global and The Asia Pacific Legal 500.

Managing Intellectual Property ranks Banki Haddock Fiora in leading firms
(March 2009)
In its World IP Survey 2009 Managing Intellectual Property has rated Banki Haddock Fiora as a leader in the key fields of trade mark contentious, trade mark prosecution and patent contentious.

Banki Haddock Fiora is also currently rated by Managing Intellectual Property as a leading firm for copyright work.

This is the magazine’s 13th survey of leading trade mark firms. Based on extensive research and interviews with practitioners worldwide, the 2009 survey is the largest ever undertaken, covering 70 international jurisdictions.

Banki Haddock Fiora is very proud of this qualitative ranking by our peers of our expertise and depth of ability to service our clients.

Banki Haddock Fiora partners in Australian Financial Review’s Best Lawyers list
(March 2009)
Kate Haddock, Peter Banki, Peter Knight and Bruce Burke have been judged by their peers to be among Australia’s top lawyers. The Australian Financial Review’s Best Lawyers Australia survey of March 2009 listed Peter Banki under both Entertainment and Intellectual Property, Kate Haddock and Peter Knight under Intellectual Property and Bruce Burke under Defamation and Media. This means that half of Banki Haddock Fiora’s partners appeared in the list, which is based on a survey that asks the nation’s top lawyers to rate their professional peers through an exhaustive process of more than 66,000 confidential evaluations.