John Emerson Oration and CLAANZ Annual Lecture: Statutory Eucalypts in the Law of Charity
John Emerson Oration and CLAANZ Annual Lecture: Statutory Eucalypts in the Law of Charity
Hybrid event
The Law Council of Australia Legal Practice Section’s Charities and Not-for-Profit Committee, the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (CLAANZ) and the University of Sydney Law School will host the fourth John Emerson Oration and CLAANZ Annual Lecture in Sydney on 29 November 2023. The Oration will be delivered by the Hon Justice Mark Leeming, New South Wales Court of Appeal and Challis Lecturer in Equity Sydney Law School, on ‘Statutory Eucalypts in the Law of Charity’. The address will focus on the often hidden interaction between statute law and equity as it relates to the law of charity.
About the John Emerson Oration
The John Emerson Oration is in honour of John Emerson AM. John has retired from Herbert Smith Freehills, where he was a partner for almost four decades. John is a Member of the Order of Australia for services to law and to the community, particularly through the provision of advice to charities and not-for-profit organisations and the development of public administration reform to encourage philanthropy in Australia.
About the CLAANZ Annual Lecture
In promoting its objective of charity law education, CLAANZ holds an Annual Public Lecture, which is open to anyone with an interest in charity law and the not-for-profit sector. The Annual Lecture addresses key, contemporary legal issues in the charity and not-for-profit sectors in Australia and New Zealand.
About the speaker
The Hon Justice Mark Leeming
The Hon Justice Mark Leeming has served as a Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales since 2013. He has been Challis Lecturer in Equity at the University of Sydney since 2004, and is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Equity and the Australian Bar Review. He is the co-author of two leading practitioner texts and a casebook on equity and trusts, and has published widely in the areas of constitutional law, administrative law, equity, trusts and legal history, including his recent book, Common Law, Equity and Statute: A Complex Entangled System (2023).
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Wednesday 29 November, 2023
Time: 5-7pm (drinks and canapes from 5-5.30pm)
Location: University of Sydney, Law Lounge, Level 1, New Law Building Aennex, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown, NSW
Cost: $50 in person & $25 online (free for University of Sydney staff and for students at all institutions)
Student registration: If you are a student, please email law.events@sydney.edu.au to receive a discount code.
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This event is proudly co-presented by University of Sydney Law School, The Legal Practice Section’s Charities and Not-for-Profit Committee, and the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (CLAANZ).