What's On

Follow our researchers on social media for the latest industry insights and discoveries.

Follow us on X      Follow us on LinkedIn

Pages

hand shake

Proscriptive or prescriptive? The neverending debate about fiduciary duties

29 May 2025 1:00pm2:00pm
Join Lucas Clover Alcolea in exploring how the Canadian approach, which views fiduciary duties as prescriptive rather than merely proscriptive, is emerging as a 'new orthodoxy' in fiduciary law, influencing jurisdictions like Singapore and New Zealand.
A red book, taller and sticking out from the blue books that surround it.

Fiduciaries - the subject that doesn’t fit in

26 June 2025 1:00pm2:00pm
Professor Warren Swain from the University of Auckland explores how the lack of attention given to fiduciary liability during the emergence of legal literature in the nineteenth century is still being felt today.
Picture of large sandstone building called Forgan Smith Building in day time

2025 Australasian Law Academics Association (ALAA) Conference

2 July 2025 9:00am4 July 2025 5:00pm
We are pleased to invite you to the University of Queensland for the 2025 Australasian Law Academics Association (ALAA) Conference, where legal academics, practitioners, and policymakers engage in discussions on the evolving landscape of legal education and research. This year’s theme highlights the practical, intellectual, and emotional aspects of balancing contemporary values, priorities, and imperatives in our work.

Call for Papers: Revitalising Competition Law and Policy in Australia and New Zealand

11 July 2025 12:00am11:00pm
We are excited to announce that the second e-conference of the Australia-New Zealand chapter of the International League of Competition Law (LIDC) will take place in February 2026.

Created in 1930, the LIDC is a long-standing international association that focuses on the study of competition law, intellectual property law and unfair competition law. The LIDC is constituted by 19 National Groups, now including Australia and New Zealand.
close up op sorghum grain before harvest.

Back to Breeding Basics? Pure Economic Loss after Mallonland v Advanta Seeds (HCA)

23 July 2025 1:00pm2:00pm
The courts are being increasingly criticised for determining pure economic loss duties on a case-by-case basis, particularly after Mallonland v Advanta Seeds (HCA). Dr Brandon Stewart advances an alternative framework based on the category of loss and rights-based justifications.
close up of someone signing contract

Understanding Contractual Remoteness

27 August 2025 12:00pm1:00pm
Join Associate Professor David Winterton from Hong Kong University for his presentation on Understanding Contractual Remoteness.
Woman hiding her face outside a building

The interaction between defamation and privacy

1 October 2025 1:00pm2:00pm
Professor David Rolph of the University of Sydney discusses the contentious topic of damages for reputational harm in claims for misuse of private information.

In-Person Symposium: Judicial Independence in Australia – Looking Forward, Ten Years On

6 December 2025 9:00am5:00pm
The symposium will bring together leading scholars, judges and lawyers to discuss the nature and importance of judicial independence in Australia, and to debate current and future challenges.