Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Vaccine mandates and public health orders: legal and ethical issues for business

Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Vaccine mandates and public health orders: legal and ethical issues for business This webinar will feature a panel of experts from Sydney Law School and Corrs Chambers Westgarth who will discuss legal and ethical issues for business arising from vaccine mandates under public health orders. Chair: Professor David …

Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Recent cases in banking and finance law

Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Recent cases in banking and finance law Chair: Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School Presenter: David Allen, barrister, University Chambers, Sydney David accepts briefs for commercial, equity, insolvency and financial services matters, among other areas and trained as a solicitor at Allens and at Allen & …

Neurotechnology, Criminal Law and Human Rights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Neurotechnology, Criminal Law and Human Rights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives What kind of human rights challenges might emerge from neurotechnology and how might these challenges play out in criminal justice? This event will address these questions. Investment from companies such as Elon Musk’s Neuralink, Facebook and a host of others gives reason to take seriously the possibility …

Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Common mistakes in using national uniform legislation

Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Common mistakes in using national uniform legislation National uniform legislation underpins major areas of regulation in commercial and corporate law. Here are few examples in these major areas: regulation of corporations, cooperatives, consumer protection, commercial arbitration, electronic conveyancing, defamation and business names. Today’s legal profession is “born to …

ACCEL 2021 Distinguished Speaker Address: Can climate litigation save the planet?: the role of climate attribution science

ACCEL 2021 Distinguished Speaker Address – Can climate litigation save the planet?: the role of climate attribution science Speakers: Dr Petra Minnerop, Durham University and Dr Friederike Otto, University of Oxford and Global Climate Science Programme Litigants are increasingly approaching the courts in the face of inadequate action by governments and corporations on climate change. Plaintiffs …

2021 ACCEL Environmental Law Year in Review Conference

2021 ACCEL Environmental Law Year in Review Conference The Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law at Sydney Law School invites you to its ‘Year in Review Conference’ on 19 November 2021. This event will bring together practitioners, academics, members of the NGO sector, government officials and students to hear about the implications of key …

Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: The New Small Business Debtor in Possession Regime – Can it be made to work?

Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: The New Small Business Debtor in Possession Regime – Can it be made to work? Speakers: Eddie Griffith, Partner and Turnaround Practitioner, ReGroup Solutions Eddie has over 20 years’ experience in business recovery, insolvency and turnaround management. Originally commencing at a top 4 firm in the UK, Eddie …

Public Lecture on Indigenous Peoples and Law

Public Lecture on Indigenous Peoples and Law This inaugural Sydney Law School public lecture on Indigenous Peoples and Law will be delivered by Associate Professor Nicole Watson, on the topic of ‘Indigenous Women, Outlaw Culture and the Law’. The University of Sydney Law School, the oldest in Australia, has long taught almost exclusively the laws brought …