The Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law of the TC Beirne School of Law gave their Research Scholars an opportunity to pitch their thesis on Thursday evening, 16th April.
The University of Queensland mooting team has taken out another international title, winning the 6th International Air Law Moot Court Competition, held in Beijing.
The University of Queensland Class of 2015 commencing law students were given the opportunity to be welcomed by the legal profession with an immersion day at the Supreme Law Courts. This new initiative for first year law students was organised in conjunction with the UQ Law Graduates Association (UQLGA) and the TC Beirne School of Law.
Associate Professor Warren Swain’s book, The Law of Contract 1670–1870 (Cambridge University Press) was recently launched at the Supreme Court Library Queensland with opening remarks delivered by The Honourable Justice David J Jackson.
The AIM International Women's Day Debate took place in Brisbane for the 18th time on Friday 6th March. Two talented teams of well known businesswomen and media identities, including Professor Sarah Derrington, Dean of Law, UQ TC Beirne School of Law, battled it out over the topic of "Do women need to make hard choices to get ahead?"
The first academic analysis of Australia’s “turning back” of asylum seeker boats concludes the policy is a fatally risky, moral and legal failure that is “severely damaging” the country’s reputation.
On Thursday 5th March the TC Beirne School of Law welcomed the class of 2015 law students with an informal reception at the UQ Art Museum. The students were welcomed by Professor Sarah Derrington, Dean of Law, who encouraged the new students to connect with their fellow cohort, to join the available societies and clubs, and to stand out in their future steps towards their career goals.
The Queensland Government’s move to establish a commission of inquiry into organised crime has been welcomed by University of Queensland law academic Andreas Schloenhardt.
The University of Queensland has had a long association with the Solomon Islands Government, fostered by the UQ Solomon Islands Partnership (UQSIP) at UQ, which is convened by Professor Jennifer Corrin (Director of the Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law at the TC Beirne School of Law) and Professor Clive Moore (McCaughey Chair in History).
Damian Carrick from Radio Nation’s Law Report discussed the legal, ethical and operational complexities of covert policing in the following podcast: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lawreport/
After 27 years of service to the Law School and a decade of leadership at the helm of CPICL, Suri Ratnapala retired from the School and from his role as a CPICL Director in December[2014].
UQ Law PhD Candidate Jessica Ritchie has recently published an article on the principles of procedural justice and due process in relation to DNA evidence. Probabilistic DNA evidence: the layperson’s interpretation in the Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences.
The Australian government has stepped up its campaign this month to prevent the Great Barrier Reef being listed as a World Heritage site “in danger” at international meetings next year.
University of Queensland student Zoe Brereton was in the thick of studying for law exams when she learned she had been selected as Australia’s New Colombo Plan Fellow to India.
On 24 July 2014, the Australian Centre for Private Law at the TC Beirne School of Law, in co-operation with the Bar Association of Queensland, held a one-day symposium to commemorate 50 years since the land-mark decision of the House of Lords in Hedley Byrne v Heller on liability for negligent misstatement and pure economic loss.