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This chapter examines the legal impact of alleged plagiarism in the Information Age on professionals and people who plan to become professionals. Through examples of litigations in Australia and a few other common-law jurisdictions, the current manuscript discusses plagiarism in general and particularly in the cyberspace, with a hope of arousing professionals’ and future professionals’ alertness to the possible legal risks of disqualifications arising from plagiarism allegedly committed at any point of time before and after they become professionals.
The Internet embraces all variations of the concept of plagiarism.
—Sutherland-Smith (2008, p. 34).
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[2013] EWHC 1379 (Admin) (Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court), UK).
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[2010] VCAT 1927 (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Australia).
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[2006] QCA 152 (Court of Appeal of Queensland, Australia).
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[2007] QSC 34 (Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia).
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[2007] VSC 520 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia).
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[2014] EWCA Civ 2246 (Court of Appeal, UK).
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[2015] HKEC 748 (Court of Appeal, Hong Kong).
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2013 BCCA 489 (British Columbia Court of Appeal, Canada).
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Tong, Kw. (2017). Internet Plagiarism at the Fingertips? Legal Warning to Professionals and Future Professionals. In: Ma, W., Chan, CK., Tong, Kw., Fung, H., Fong, C. (eds) New Ecology for Education — Communication X Learning. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4346-8_23
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