Programme

Day One: Friday 17 December 2010

8.45-9.30: Coffee and conference registration
9.30-9.45: Welcome
9.45-10.35: Opening  Address
Chief Justice French AC, High Court of Australia
10.35-10.50: Morning Tea
10.50-12.30: 

Overview: Torts in England and Australia. Chair Malcolm McCusker AO QC
Professor Robert Stevens (UCL) “Overview: Comparative Torts”

Professor Mark Gergen (University of California, Berkeley) "A Comparative Study of Common Law Liability for Economic Negligence in the Absence of an Undertaking"
12.30-1.30:

Lunch and Poster presentations by:
Dr Simon Douglas (Fellow Wadham College, University of Oxford) “Proprietary Torts”

Mr James Goudkamp (Junior Research Fellow, Jesus College, University of Oxford) “Torts Defences”
1.30-3.10:

Insurance and the Law of Torts. Chair: Justice Ball
Professor Harold Luntz (University of Melbourne) “Torts and Insurance”

Professor Jenny Steele (University of York) “Tort Law and Liability Insurance”
3.10-3.30: Afternoon Tea
3.30-6.00:

Nominate Torts: Economic Torts, Privacy and Intentional Torts. Chair: Joshua Getzler
Associate Professor Jason Neyers (University of Western Ontario) “The Economic Torts: Should OBG v Allan be the Law in Australia?”

Professor Barbara McDonald (University of Sydney) “Tort Law's Role in Protecting Privacy”

Professor Stephen Todd (University of Canterbury) “Vicarious liability, personal liability and exemplary damages”

6.30-10.00:

Conference Dinner
Intercontinental Hotel, Sydney

Day Two: Saturday 18 December 2010

8.30-9.00: Coffee and conference registration
9.00-10.40: 

Tort Liability of the State. Chair: Justice Nye Perram
Professor Prue Vines (University of New South Wales) “Misfeasance in Public Office: old torts, new tricks”

Professor Lewis Klar QC (University of Alberta) “Suing the State”
10.40-10.55: Morning tea
10.55-1.00:

Causation. Chair: Associate Professor Kit Barker

Justice James Allsop (President NSW Court of Appeal) "Causation in Commercial Law"

Jane Stapleton has cancelled due to illness and will be replaced by Kit Barker as below:

Associate Professor Kit Barker (University of Queensland) "Relational Economic Loss and Indeterminancy"

Professor Jane Stapleton (Australian National University) "Factual Causation in Australia"
1:00-2.00:

Lunch and Poster presentations by:
Dr Simon Douglas (Fellow Wadham College, University of Oxford) “Proprietary Torts”

Mr James Goudkamp (Junior Research Fellow, Jesus College, University of Oxford) “Torts Defences”
2:00-4:30

Remedies. Chair: Justice Margaret Stone
Professor Andrew Burrows QC (University of Oxford) “Comparing Compensatory Damages in Tort and Contract: Some Problematic Issues”

Mr William Swadling (University of Oxford) “Restitutionary Damages”

Justice Grant Hammond (New Zealand Court of Appeal) “Exemplary Damages”
4:30-4:45

Afternoon Tea
4.45-5:30

Closing Address. Chair: Justice Lucy McCallum

Lord Hoffmann (House of Lords) "The Rise and Fall of the Economic Torts"

Programme Variation: The conference conveners retain the right to vary the programme to deal with unforeseen circumstances. This includes cancelling or re-scheduling a session and changing speakers or content if occasion obliges us to do so.

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations will be accepted up to two weeks prior to the commencement of the conference. Withdrawal after this time and before the commencement of the conference will result in a cancellation charge of $150. Cancellations after the commencement of the conference will not be eligible for a refund.