| Summary: | On 15 January 2008, the Federal Court of Australia declared the routine whale hunting being conducted by Japanese company Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd to be unlawful in the Australian Whale Sanctuary, and imposed an injunction restraining the unlawful action. This was a landmark decision and one that has been consistently pursued by the concerned applicant, the Australian office of Humane Society International (HSI). The case involves a complex web of domestic and international law, with further complications injected by politics and foreign affairs. The article outlines the major legal issues involved in the case, as well as summarises the major steps in the litigation from HSI's application in 2004 until the most recent decision of January 2008.
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