From: Colm McGrath
<colm.mcgrath@kcl.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday 3 June 2024 14:31
To: obligations@uwo.ca
Subject: Two upcoming workshops at King's
Attachments: Defamation Law or
Political Action Invite[62].docx
Perhaps of interest to colleagues in and
around London, I write to flag two workshops taking place later this month at
the School of Law here at King s.
Both workshops are jointly organised by
the King s Private Law Forum and respective partner institutions and
colleagues.
Reforming the Law of Obligations in
European Jurisdictions .
09:00 16:00, Thursday 27th June 2024
Moot Court, Somerset House East Wing,
Dickson Poon School of Law, The Strand, London
In collaboration with the Centre for
European Legal Studies at Cambridge and the British Association of Comparative
Law, a range of scholars from around the UK and Europe are coming together to
reflect on recent efforts at reforming contract law in their respective
jurisdictions. In 2016, the contract law
section in the French Civil code was comprehensively revised and modernised,
with over 150 new articles enacted. French reformers then continued to overhaul
the law of obligations in France, including civil liability as well as the law
on specific categories of contract (droit des contrats sp ciaux), such as sales
and agency. Since then, comparative lawyers in neighbouring European
jurisdictions have drawn upon the developments in France to reflect on whether
their own laws of obligations are also in need of modernisation. This workshop
aims to explore the theme of reforming the laws of obligations from a
comparative perspective, with a focus on contract law.
A link to register interest can be found
below:
Defamation Law or Political Action?:
Defamation and Civil Society in Australia and England
13:00 18:30, Wednesday 26 June 2024,
Ante Room, Somerset House East Wing,
Dickson Poon School of Law, The Strand, London
'While England and Australia share a
common law heritage, particularly in private law, a striking difference between
the legal histories of two countries lies in the use of defamation law in the
political context. This workshop is the beginning of the process of unpacking
this difference between legal systems of common origin and culture. In doing so
we hope to shed light on the place of political defamation in the modern law of
defamation. Please see the attached invitation for more details.'
If any
further information is required, please do get in touch with either myself,
Solene Rowan (KCL) or Sophie Turenne (Cambridge) in relation to the former, and
Mark Lunney (KCL) in relation to the latter.
Best
wishes,
Colm
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Dr Colm McGrath
Senior Lecturer in Tort Law
Academic Fellow of the Middle Temple
Somerset House East Wing 3.17
The Dickson Poon School of Law
King s College London, WC2R 2LS
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