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| FRIDAY 31 MAY 2013 | |
Research Seminar Series | |
| Topic: | Proprietary Responses to Policy Motivated Unjust Enrichment Claims |
| Presenter: | Professor Simone Degeling - Faculty of Law, The University of New South Wales (UNSW) |
| Venue: | Sir Samuel Griffith Room, 1-W341, Forgan Smith Building |
| Time: | Fri, 31 May : 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
| Contact: | Beth Williams, ph: 334 69350, email: events@law.uq.edu.au |
| More Information: | All welcome, please register by emailing Beth Williams on the contact details above. Click here to visit the TC Beirne School of Law seminars webpage. |
| Further Details: | The incidence of proprietary responses to unjust enrichment remains a controversial subject. Most analysis has focused on intention based unjust factors. Accompanying this debate has been a parallel inquiry into the extent to which judicial reasoning is entitled to consider policy arguments or arguments from consequence in justifying a proprietary award....more |
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| WEDNESDAY 05 JUNE 2013 | |
Research Seminar Series | |
| Topic: | Uncommon Statutory Interpretation |
| Presenter: | The Hon. Justice James Edelman - Supreme Court of Western Australia |
| Venue: | Sir Samuel Griffith Room, 1-W341, Forgan Smith Building |
| Time: | Wed, 05 June : 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
| Contact: | Beth Williams, ph: 334 69350, email: events@law.uq.edu.au |
| More Information: | All welcome, please register by emailing Beth Williams on the contact details above. Click here to visit the TC Beirne School of Law seminars webpage. |
| Further Details: | This seminar considers the underlying premise central to the debate about the proper approach to interpreting statutes — that the exercise of statutory interpretation involves a search for the objective meaning of words of a statute in context. The author acknowledges that this interpretative approach is not confined to statutes,...more |
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| THURSDAY 06 JUNE 2013 | |
Current Legal Issues - Seminar 1 | |
| Topic: | Understanding equitable assignment |
| Presenters: | The Hon. Justice Edelman - Supreme Court of Western Australia, Dr Steven Elliot - Barrister, England and Wales, Commentator: Dr Ben Kremer - Barrister, NSW & Chair: The Hon. Justice Fraser - Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Queensland |
| Venue: | Banco Court, Level 3, Supreme and District Court Building, 415 George Street, Brisbane |
| Time: | Thu, 06 June : 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm |
| Contact: | Hollie Spencer, ph: 07 3238 5109, email: cpd@qldbar.asn.au |
| More Information: | To download a copy of the series program visit the Current Legal Issues Seminar Series website. Click here for further information. |
| Further Details: | The assignment of choses in action, particularly debts, has been at the core of commercial activity for centuries. Yet, bizarrely, the courts have never managed to articulate a stable principled understanding of assignments that take effect in equity. Conceptually, there is a strong argument for a particular coherent understanding of the...more |
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| THURSDAY 18 JULY 2013 | |
Postgraduate Law Course - Fundamentals of the Common Law | |
| Topic: | LAWS7936 - Fundamentals of the Common Law |
| Presenter: | Dr Barbora Jedlickova - Associate Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law |
| Time: | Thu, 18 July : 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Contact: | LLM Coordinator, ph: (07) 3365 8824, email: llm@law.uq.edu.au |
| More Information: | Fundamentals of the Common Law will be taught as an intensive course across the 18, 19, 22, 29, July and 5, 12 August 2013. This course is offered as part of the Master of Laws program and may also be studied non-award or as a Continuing Professional Development course in Semester 2, 2013. Click here to view further information on the LLM website. |
| Further Details: | This course is designed for students with no formal knowledge of the Australian legal system, including those who already have a legal qualification from a civil code jurisdiction but require an introduction to the common law system. During the course students will examine the key features of the common law, the...more |
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| THURSDAY 25 JULY 2013 | |
Postgraduate Law Course - The Law of Offshore Resources | |
| Topic: | LAWS7935 - The Law of Offshore Resources |
| Presenter: | Dr Michael White QC - Adjunct Professor, TC Beirne School of Law |
| Time: | Thu, 25 July : 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Contact: | LLM Coordinator, ph: (07) 3365 8824, email: llm@law.uq.edu.au |
| More Information: | The Law of Offshore Resources will be taught as an intensive course across the 25 to 28 July 2013. This course is offered as part of the Master of Laws program and may also be studied non-award or as a Continuing Professional Development course in Semester 2, 2013. Click here to view further information on the LLM website. |
| Further Details: | This course offers an international and practical insight into the legal aspects of the Australian offshore energy industry. In addition to current Australian operations and activities, the course takes an in-depth look at each stage of a petroleum project, from exploration to final abandonment. International seabed and maritime zones will be...more |
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| THURSDAY 25 JULY 2013 | |
Current Legal Issues - Seminar 2 | |
| Topic: | What exactly is a remedial constructive trust? |
| Presenters: | Professor Michael Bryan - University of Melbourne, Commentator: The Hon. Justice Jackson - Supreme Court of Queensland & Chair: Mr Brian O'Donnell QC - Barrister, Qld. |
| Venue: | Banco Court, Level 3, Supreme and District Court Building, 415 George Street, Brisbane |
| Time: | Thu, 25 July : 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm |
| Contact: | Hollie Spencer, ph: 07 3238 5109, email: cpd@qldbar.asn.au |
| More Information: | To download a copy of the series program visit the Current Legal Issues Seminar Series website. Click here for further information. |
| Further Details: | There seems to be both a judicial and academic consensus that Australian equity recognises the existence of the remedial constructive trust. There is less agreement, however, on what it means to describe a constructive trust as a remedy. Are all constructive trusts remedial? How should courts exercise their discretion to impose a constructive trust? What account should be taken of the interests of the defendant’s creditors in awarding a constructive trust? This lecture will suggest some answers to these pressing contemporary questions. |
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| FRIDAY 26 JULY 2013 | |
Postgraduate Law Course - International Trade Finance Law | |
| Topic: | LAWS7974 - International Trade Finance Law |
| Presenters: | Dr Alan Davidson - Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law & Judge Gao Xiang - Professor of Law & Director of the Centre of International Banking Law & Practice, China University of Political Science & Law |
| Time: | Fri, 26 July : 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Contact: | LLM Coordinator, ph: (07) 3365 8824, email: llm@law.uq.edu.au |
| More Information: | International Trade Finance Law will be taught as an intensive course across the 26, 27 July and Wednesdays 5pm to 7pm from the 16 October 2013. This course is offered as part of the Master of Laws program and may also be studied non-award or as a Continuing Professional Development course in Semester 2, 2013. Click here to view further information on the LLM website. |
| Further Details: | This course deals with the regulation applied to the financing of international trade. Trillions of dollars of goods and services are traded annually and the course examines the contractual and legal obligations involved in financing these transactions, in addition to major pitfalls and recent developments. Participants will consider a range of...more |
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| FRIDAY 26 JULY 2013 | |
Research Seminar Series | |
| Topic: | The Common Law and Equity: Australian and English Narratives |
| Presenter: | Professor Michael Bryan - Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Melbourne |
| Venue: | Sir Samuel Griffith Room, 1-W341, Forgan Smith Building |
| Time: | Fri, 26 July : 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
| Contact: | Beth Williams, ph: 334 69350, email: events@law.uq.edu.au |
| More Information: | All welcome, please register by emailing Beth Williams on the contact details above. Click here to visit the TC Beirne School of Law seminars webpage. |
| Further Details: | The seminar will examine the different accounts given by Australian and English courts, and by textbook writers in both countries, of the relationship between common law and equity since the enactment of the Judicature legislation. Most accounts emphasise differences between Australian and English equity, and underplay similarities. The accounts...more |
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| TUESDAY 30 JULY 2013 | |
Postgraduate Law Course - Cultural Heritage Law | |
| Topic: | LAWS7828 - Cultural Heritage Law |
| Presenter: | Associate Professor Craig Forrest - Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law |
| Time: | Tue, 30 July : 9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| Contact: | LLM Coordinator, ph: (07) 3365 8824, email: llm@law.uq.edu.au |
| More Information: | Cultural Heritage Law will be taught as an intensive course for 10 weeks commencing on the 30 July 2013. This course is offered as part of the Master of Laws program and may also be studied non-award or as a Continuing Professional Development course in Semester 2, 2013. Click here to view further information on the LLM website. |
| Further Details: | Cultural Heritage Law explores the way in which the law defines, shapes and regulates cultural heritage. International and national law has addressed cultural heritage from a variety of perspectives, often in response to the devastating destruction of sacred places, historic buildings, relics and cultural icons during times of armed conflict. It...more |
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| THURSDAY 01 AUGUST 2013 | |
Postgraduate Law Course - Corporate Insolvency | |
| Topic: | LAWS7800 - Corporate Insolvency |
| Presenter: | Associate Professor David Morrison - Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law |
| Time: | Thu, 01 August : 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Contact: | LLM Coordinator, ph: (07) 3365 8824, email: llm@law.uq.edu.au |
| More Information: | Corporate Insolvency will be taught as an intensive course across the 1 to the 4 August 2013. This course is offered as part of the Master of Laws program and may also be studied non-award or as a Continuing Professional Development course in Semester 2, 2013. Click here to view further information on the LLM website. |
| Further Details: | This course examines the law around the insolvent corporation. Beginning with the basics of insolvency and its relevance to corporate law, the course continues with an in depth consideration of the foundation elements of insolvency together with current topics of commercial interest. Featuring guest presentations from specialist practitioners, it will also...more |
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