Category Archives: Conferences Seminars and Lectures
‘Mrs Chester’s lost child: inconsolable psychological injury and Justice Evatt’s finest judgment’
This seminar/webinar recovers a brilliant dissenting judgment about psychological injury and assesses how modern law responds to similar claims. Justice Evatt’s 1939 dissent in Chester paved the way for later, more enlightened approaches to the duty of care. Author Gideon Haigh will speak about Evatt’s career and empathy for Mrs Chester’s suffering. Associate Professor Kylie […]
‘Event reminder – next week’s rapid response panel discussion on CJEU’s YouTube/Cyando ruling’
“As reported by The IPKat, earlier this week the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its keenly and long-awaited ruling in YouTube, C-682/18 and Cyando, C-683/18. As announced several weeks ago, on Thursday, 1 July, The IPKat will be joining forces with the Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at […]
‘Modern Studies in the Law of Trusts and Wealth Management: Philanthropy in the Age of Covid-19: Asian and Global Perspectives’: Singapore Management University, 22-23 July 2021
The theme of the conference is ‘Philanthropy in the Age of Covid-19: Asian and Global Perspectives’. The conference will focus on current developments and challenges facing the philanthropic sphere in the contemporary political and socio-economic climate, with particular emphasis on the unprecedented challenges brought about by the global COVID-19 pandemic and the urgent need for […]
‘Conference: The implementation of the CDSM Directive – snapshots into the future of EU copyright law’
“To mark the deadline for the national implementation of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSMD) and present the mid-term results of its cross-disciplinary and transnational research, the Horizon 2020 project reCreating Europe is organising the web conference ‘The implementation of the CDSM Directive: snapshots into the future of EU copyright law’, […]
‘Investing in English-speaking Africa: A private international law toolkit’
Trade between international commercial actors in Africa and international commercial actors in major trading blocs outside the continent (such as the European Union, United States and China) has significantly increased in recent times. The African Economic Outlook 2017 notes, inter alia, that Africa’s population is approximately one billion people and Africa’s growing population is expected […]
‘Vicarious Liability in the Common Law World’
“Vicarious liability, that is strict liability imposed on one party for the torts of another, remains controversial. If the role of tort law is to make one party accountable to another for his or her wrongful and harmful behaviour, why should one party (usually an employer) be held strictly liable for the torts of another […]
‘Regulating AI in the European Union – An Unfolding Agenda’ – IE University, Spain, 11 June 2021
The EU has engaged in systematic efforts to regulate Artificial Intelligence and provide the ‘first ever legal framework for AI’ globally (EC Press Release, 2021). The Commission has been facilitating a years-long dialogue with the Member States, experts and stakeholders, to promote trustworthy AI. This year, on April 21st, 2021, the Commission published its proposal […]
Call for papers: Ius Commune Workshop on Empirical Contract Law, 5 November 2021
The use of empirical methods to study contracts has been pioneered by Stewart Macaulay who conducted interviews with business owners to learn about their reliance on contract law in governing commercial relationships. Since then, the use of empirical methods in contract law has expanded and nowadays empirical research provides insights into various contractual legal issues. […]
‘Property Law Connections’
“Please join for all or any part of the second in our annual online Property Law Connections work-in-progress workshops. We are very fortunate to have six presentations, as well as a panel discussion, which between them will explore different aspects of property law and its connections with other areas such as trusts, legal history, public […]
‘“Consumer Protection in Transition: Digital Transformation and Better Enforcement” – conference announcement’
“We should block our calendars for another interesting conference on consumer protection. University of Rijeka (Croatia), and more specifically Emilia Mišćenić, organises The 7th Petar Šarčević conference ‘Consumer Protection in Transition: Digital Transformation and Better Enforcement’ on 23-25 September. As the title suggests the speakers will discuss various issues arising from the need to adjust […]