TC Beirne School of Law - University of Queensland

Current Legal Issues Seminar Series
Launched in February 2009 under
the patronage of the Chief Justice of
Queensland, the Hon Justice Paul de
Jersey AC, the Current Legal Issues
(CLI) Seminar Series was an extremely
successful demonstration of cooperation
with one of the School’s major
stakeholders.
A joint collaborative initiative between
the TC Beirne School of Law and the
Queensland Bar Association, the Series
is designed to foster genuine interaction
and debate about the law and to break
open isolated compartments of legal
learning to encourage discussion, cooperation
and fruitful interaction between
the judiciary, legal practitioners and the
legal academy.
CLI Seminar Series speakers and
commentators in 2009 were leaders
in their respective fields with expertise
in a number of topical legal areas. A
wide range of current legal issues were
discussed, including the shape of
the modern law of unjust enrichment;
estoppels; directors’ duties during
insolvency; propensity and relationship
evidence in criminal proceedings;
and problematic aspects of the Trade
Practices Act.
Website:
www.law.uq.edu.au/current-legal-issuesseries
Current Legal Issues Seminar Series launch
(from left) Mr Michael Stewart SC,
President, Bar Assocation of Queensland,
Professor Andrew Burrows QC, FBA, and
The Honourable Paul de Jersey AC,
Chief Justice of Queensland.
ENGAGEMENT
2009 Current Legal Issues Program
30 April Title: The Australian Law of Restitution: has the High Court Lost
its Way?
Speaker: Professor Andrew Burrows QC, FBA, Norton Rose
Professor of Commercial Law, University of Oxford
Commentator: Mr David Jackson QC. Comment was delivered in absentia
by Professor Ross Grantham, Dean, TC Beirne School of
Law
Chair: The Hon Justice Paul de Jersey AC, Chief Justice of
Queensland
21 May Title: Estoppel by Convention and the Sanctity of Contract
Speaker: Mr John McKenna SC
Commentator: The Hon Justice Keane, Queensland Court of Appeal
Chair: Professor Ross Grantham, Dean, TC Beirne School of Law
11 June Title: Directors’ Duties in the Zone of Insolvency
Speaker: Mr John Sheahan SC
Commentator: Dr Andrew Johnston, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of
Law
Chair: Mr Ken MacDonald, Allens Arthur Robinson
30 July Title: The Admissibility and Use of Relationship and Propensity
Evidence after HML v The Queen (2008) 245 ALR 204
Speaker: Dr David Hamer, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law
Commentator: The Hon Justice Holmes, Queensland Court of Appeal
Chair: Mr Peter Davis SC
17 Sept Title: Judicial Attitudes to Judicial Review: A Comparative
Examination of Justifications Offered for Restricting the
Scope of Judicial Review in Australia, Canada and England
Speaker: Dr Anthony Cassimatis, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School
of Law
Commentator: The Hon Justice Kiefel, High Court of Australia
Chair: Mr Walter Sofronoff QC, Solicitor-General of Queensland
TC Beirne School of Law Biennial Report 2008-2009 | Page 9