Torts in Commercial Law 2010
Torts in Commercial Law is an international conference exploring the nature and operation of the common law of torts in commercial law.
| Host: | The University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law |
| Dates: | 17-18th December 2010 |
| Location: | Domain Theatre, Art Gallery of New South Wales |
| Contact: | Please email torts@unsw.edu.au |
| Pricing: | Pricing information is available on the registration form. |
The speakers for Torts in Commercial Law are leaders in tort scholarship and practice drawn from the highest ranks of the judiciary, academy and profession. The conference is convened by Associate Professor Simone Degeling (UNSW) and Professor James Edelman (University of Oxford and Conjoint Professor at UNSW) and is the successor to the highly successful Fusion Conference (2004), and Restitution in Commercial Law Conference (2007) more information.
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Featured topic
Justice Grant Hammond
(New Zealand Court of Appeal)
Exemplary Damages
It is sometimes suggested that exemplary damages should play no part in our civil law. This paper considers the basis on which exemplary damages may presently be awarded in the common law jurisdictions, particularly in relation to commercial torts; and the arguments for and against their place in such a remedial context. The paper argues that there is a place for such a remedy. It also considers the ongoing controversy over whether damages of this kind should be available for objectively outrageous conduct, or restricted to advertent conduct.
Featured speaker
Professor Lewis Klar QC
(University of Alberta)
Lewis Klar is a Professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta. His major academic interests are the law of torts and insurance. He is the author of Tort Law, 4th edition (Thomson Carswell), and co-author of Canadian Tort Law: Cases, Notes & Materials, 13th edition (Lexis Nexis). He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2002, received the Distinguished Service Award for Legal Scholarship (Canadian Bar Association & Law Society of Alberta) in 2005, the J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research in 2007, and the Hon. Tevie Miller Teaching Excellence Award in 2008. He is a member of the Alberta Automobile Insurance Rate Board, and an elected member of the American Law Institute.
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