Matthew Harding
Academic profile for Professor Matthew Harding, Melbourne Law School
Transparency to Contest Differential Pricing
Jeannie Paterson, Tim Miller and Gabby Bush published 'Transparency to Contest Differential Pricing' in the Journal for Australian and New Zealand Societies for Computers and the Law.
Ian Ramsay
Academic profile of Professor Ian Ramsay, Melbourne Law School
Illegality: Pleading, Proof and Presumptions
Presented by Professor William Swadling,Oxford University, United KingdomUntil the decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court in Patel v Mirza, an exception to the defence of illegality to claims in... 8 Aug 2019 1:00 pm - 8 Aug 2019 2:00 pm
Should the Courts be Pragmatic when Deciding Commercial Contract Cases? A Study of Practical Benefit
Presented by Dr Mark Giancaspro, The University of Adelaide, South AustraliaWilliams v Roffey Bros & Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd [1991] 1 QB 1 is one of the most controversial decisions in the mode... 8 Aug 2019 1:00 pm - 8 Aug 2019 2:00 pm
Freedom of Contract or Denial of Justice: Consumer Arbitration in the EU and Australia
Presented by Professor Richard Garnett, Melbourne Law School, and Dr Denise Wiedemann, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, GermanyUnited States companies commo... 28 Aug 2019 5:30 pm - 28 Aug 2019 7:30 pm
Katy Barnett
Academic profile of Professor Katy Barnett, Melbourne Law School
Doing away with the case method: What could go wrong?
Presented by Mr Marcus Roberts, University of Auckland, New ZealandIn recent years there has been much discussion about the use and abuse of the 'casebook' method of teaching contract law. It is alleg... 28 Nov 2019 1:00 pm - 28 Nov 2019 2:00 pm
Arlen Duke
Academic profile of Arlen Duke, Melbourne Law School
Unis are using artificial intelligence to keep students sitting exams honest. But this creates its own problems
Dr Simon Coghlan, Dr Shaanan Cohney and Professors Jeannie Paterson and Tim Miller discuss the ethics of online exam proctoring
Misleading Silence Colloquium
Two day forum presented by 22 speakers from Australia, Singapore, United Kingdom and USA on the following topics:Critical pressure points in the regulation of silence in misleading conductMisleading s... 19 Sept 2019 - 20 Sept 2019
Trusts and the Statute of Frauds
Presented by Professor Robert Chambers, Thompson Rivers University, CanadaThe Statute of Frauds 1677 and its successors around the common law world dictate the formalities required to create contracts... 6 June 2019 1:00 pm - 6 June 2019 2:00 pm
Book Launch: Company Directors’ Duties and Conflicts of Interest
Presented by Dr Rosemary Langford and The Honourable Justice Michelle Gordon ACThe Obligations Group and the Centre for Corporate Law of Melbourne Law School celebrated the launch by Justice Michelle ... 2 May 2019 6:30 pm - 2 May 2019 7:30 pm
Regulatory mechanisms for protecting reasonable expectations of privacy: the roles of consent and fairness in Australian and Indian Data Protection Law
This project is a collaboration between Melbourne Law School and Jindal Global University, India. The project seeks to build pathways for legal innovation in India to support and inform law reform in Australia and other comparable jurisdictions, and also for reciprocal interactions.
The Financial Services Royal Commission Final Report: Key Legal and Regulatory Issues
Presented by Professor Jeannie Paterson, Professor Elise Bant and Associate Professor Andrew Godwin, Melbourne Law SchoolThe panel, which was chaired by Professor Jeannie Paterson and included Profess... 7 Feb 2019 6:00 pm - 7 Feb 2019 7:00 pm
Contractual Discretion
Presented by Professor Jason Varuhas, Melbourne Law SchoolContracts often confer discretionary powers on one party to the contract which, when exercised, may affect not only their own interests but al... 16 May 2019 6:30 pm - 16 May 2019 7:30 pm
The Minimum Performance Rule in Contract Damages
Presented by Professor David McLauchlan, Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandIn this seminar David McLauchlan discussed the long-standing rule concerning the assessment of damages for breach... 31 Jan 2019 1:00 pm - 31 Jan 2019 2:00 pm
Tatiana Dancy
Academic profile of Associate Professor Tatiana Dancy, Melbourne Law School
COVID-19 and Charity Law in China
Thursday 30 July, 2020
Challenging Decisions made by Algorithm
Co-Director Professor Tim Miller, PhD Candidate Henrietta Lyons and Dr Eduardo Velloso discuss the issues of challenging the outcomes of automated decisions.
Events
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Justifying Primary Liabilities
Presented by Professor Ben McFarlane, University College London, United KingdomThe idea explored in this seminar was that if a particular claim takes the form of asserting a primary liability against ... 22 July 2019 1:00 pm - 22 July 2019 2:00 pm
