The CLA in conjunction with the Parsons Centre presents a one-day conference Current issues in contract law 9.30am to 5.00pm, Friday, July 27, Dixson Room, Mitchell Wing, NSW State Library 9.30am Opening Hon Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE 10.00am Session 1 Excluding liability for negligence through contract Chair: Tony Coburn, Partner, Freehills Speaker: Associate Professor Barbara McDonald, Sydney University; Consultant, Freehills Barbara McDonald has written extensively on the impact of civil liabil- ity reforms and is also a co-author of Cases on Torts (4th ed, 2007), and contributing author to Principles of Equity (editor: Parkinson, Thompson Law Book Co, 2nd ed, 2003). She is a member of the edi- torial board of the Tor ts Law Journal. Commentator: Dr Anne McNaughton, Lecturer, College of Law, ANU 11.15 Morning tea 11.30 Session 2 Assignment of contractual rights Chair: Jennifer Stuckey-Clarke, Barrister, Selborne Chambers Speaker: Dr Greg Tolhurst, Senior Lecturer, Sydney University Dr Tolhurst is an editor of the Commercial Law Quarterly and the Journal of Contract Law. Greg’s publications include The Assignment of Contractual Rights, (2006 Hart) and Contract Law in Australia (LexisNexis) (co-author). He was previously a solicitor at the CBA. Commentator: Mark Leeming SC, Selborne Chambers 12.45 Lunch 2.00 Session 3 Liquidated damages Chair: Justice Kevin Lindgren Speaker: Dr Elisabeth Peden, Associate Professor, Sydney University; Consultant, Freehills Dr Peden is the author of Good Faith in Contracts which is the first book published in Australia on this area of contract law and a co- author of Contract Law in Australia (LexisNexis). Dr Peden is an edi- tor of the Commercial Law Quarterly and Book Review Editor of the Journal of Contract Law. Commentator: Justice Keith Mason, President, NSW Court of Appeal 3.15 Afternoon tea 3.30 Session 4 Termination of part of a contract Chair: Jenny Wily, Wily Legal Speaker: Professor John Carter, Sydney University; Consultant, Freehills Professor Carter’s major works include Breach of Contract (2nd ed, 1991); Contract Law in Australia (LexisNexis) (co-author); Restitution Law in Australia (the first Australian work analysing the subject restitu- tion) with Justice Mason, President of the NSW Court of Appeal (1995); and Carter on Contract (LexisNexis). Professor Carter is the General Editor of the Journal of Contract Law (LexisNexis). Commentator: Christopher Hodgekiss SC, Selborne Chambers 4.45 Close Stephen Lamy, President, Commercial Law Association The Ross Parsons Centre was founded in 2004 to build upon Sydney Law School’s excellence in commercial, corporate and taxation law. The Centre is active in undergraduate and postgraduate courses, conferences and seminars, sponsoring visits from international and Australian academics, encouraging research and building links with other institutions with similar goals. The Centre has various categories of membership which are open to academics of Sydney Law School and other institutions, and professionals in the public and private sector who are able to contribute to the work of the Centre. For further informa- tion please visit our website www.parsons.law.syd.edu.au Special membership offer Save $100 on the cost of your conference registration by joining the CLA today. 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