Conference: Contract Damages – Domestic and International Perspectives
[Although not strictly on private international law, we believe this might be of interest – especially in view of the superstar lineup]
CONFERENCE: CONTRACT DAMAGES: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
School of Law, University of Birmingham, 28-29 June 2007
The conference will bring together academics, practitioners, arbitrators and judges to discuss contract damages from a wide variety of perspectives. The first day of the conference is dedicated to the examination of damages in the context of the common law, and the second day will focus on international contract and commercial law instruments.
Speakers include:
Professor Daniel Friedmann (Tel-Aviv) - Professor Andrew Burrows (Oxford)
- Professor Stephen Smith (McGill)
- Professor Peter Jaffey (Brunel)
- Professor Anthony Ogus (Manchester)
- Professor Stephen Waddams (Toronto)
- Professor David McLauchlan (VUW)
- Professor Charles Proctor (Bird & Bird)
- Dr Harvey McGregor QC (Hailsham Chambers)
- Mr Adam Kramer (3 Verulam Buildings)
- Mr Ralph Cunnington (Birmingham)
- Professor Ingeborg Schwenzer ( Basel)
- Professor Michael Joachim Bonnell (Rome)
- Professor Ole Lando (Copenhagen)
- Professor Alastair Mullis (UEA)
- Professor Jan Ramberg (Stockholm)
- Professor Alexander Komarov (Moscow)
- Professor Franco Ferrari (Verona)
- Professor Michael Bridge (UCL)
- Professor Michael Furmston ( Bristol)
The conference will be held in the Business School at the University of Birmingham. There will be a conference dinner taking place at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Conference fee (including conference pack, buffet lunch, and drinks reception):
- Standard Rate (incl CPD): £200 two day package; £120 one day package
- Academic Rate: £130 two day package; £80 one day package
- Student Rate: £90 two day package; £55 one day package
Conference dinner tickets will cost £40 each. The event has been accredited for CPD (10.5 hours) by the Law Society and the Bar Council.
See the Conference Homepage for more information, online booking, and information on the sponsors.