2009 Seminar Programme
- The Australian Law of Restitution: has the High Court Lost its Way?
- Estoppel by Convention and the Sanctity of Contract
- Directors' Duties in the Zone of Insolvency
- The admissibility and use of relationship and propensity evidence after HML v The Queen (2008) 245 ALR 204
- Judicial attitudes to judicial review: A comparative examination of justifications offered for restricting the scope of judicial review in Australia, Canada and England
The Australian Law of Restitution: has the High Court Lost its Way?
| Date | 30 April 2009 |
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| Speaker | Professor Andrew Burrows QC, FBA, Norton Rose Professor of Commercial Law, University of Oxford. |
| Commentator | Mr David Jackson QC Comment to be delivered in absentia by Professor Ross Grantham, Dean, TC Beirne School of Law |
| Chair | The Hon Justice de Jersey AC, Chief Justice of Queensland |
| Paper | Click here to download paper |
| Commentary | Click here for the commentary |
Estoppel by Convention and the Sanctity of Contract
| Date | 21 May 2009 |
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| Speaker | Mr John McKenna SC |
| Commentator | The Hon Justice Keane, Queensland Court of Appeal |
| Chair | Professor Ross Grantham, Dean, TC Beirne School of Law |
| Paper | Click here to download paper |
| Commentary | Click here for the commentary |
Directors' Duties in the Zone of Insolvency
| Date | 11 June 2009 |
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| Speaker | Mr John Sheahan SC |
| Commentator | Dr Andrew Johnston, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law |
| Chair | Mr Ken MacDonald, Allens Arthur Robinson |
| Paper | Click here to download paper |
| Commentary | Click here for the commentary |
The admissibility and use of relationship and propensity evidence after HML v The Queen (2008) 245 ALR 204
| Date | 30 July 2009 |
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| Speaker | Dr David Hamer, TC Beirne School of Law |
| Commentator | The Hon Justice Holmes, Queensland Court of Appeal |
| Chair | Mr Peter Davis SC |
| Paper | Click here to download paper |
Judicial attitudes to judicial review: A comparative examination of justifications offered for restricting the scope of judicial review in Australia, Canada and England
| Date | 17 September 2009 |
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| Speaker | Dr Anthony Cassimatis, TC Beirne School of Law |
| Commentator | The Hon Justice Kiefel, High Court of Australia |
| Chair | Mr Walter Sofronoff QC, Solicitor General for Queensland |
| Paper | Click here to download paper |
