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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.

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.

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.

Associate Professor Craig Purshouse from the University of Hong Kong argues the law governing negligence liability for mental injuries are not derived from the type of damage in question, but rather the way the damage is caused.

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.

Professor Kylie Burns from Griffith University discusses tort law's struggle in evolving dynamically when developing existing or embracing new torts and responding to and incorporating social facts.

Join Associate Professor David Winterton from Hong Kong University for his presentation on Understanding Contractual Remoteness.

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 this session, Dr Arie Rosen of the University of Auckland defends the claim that contract law and private law more generally are exercises of political authority which constitutes the principal context for evaluating and interpreting them.

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.