Events
1. Contract Construction: Ambiguity of Terms and Reference to ‘Surrounding Circumstances’
- The role of ambiguity: what is the test, and if ambiguity exists, what is the consequence?
- The scope of ‘surrounding circumstances’: what evidence is admissible?
Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW (1982) 149 CLR 337 established the legal principle that ‘evidence of surrounding circumstances is admissible to assist in the interpretation of the contract if the language is ambiguous or susceptible of more than one meaning’.
The principle is often relied on, but its application raises two important issues. First, is there ‘ambiguity’ and if so, to what extent? Secondly, if ambiguity exists, what are the limits of the ‘surrounding circumstances’ to which reference may be made?
In resolving these issues there is often significant scope for argument. This seminar provides an opportunity to join a panel of experts in discussing the legal principles and practical issues involved in this fundamental area of commercial practice.
| Venue: | The Lower Banking Chamber 385 Bourke St, Melbourne |
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 June, 2011 | |
| Time: | 5.15 pm – 6.15 pm | |
| Cost: | Free | |
| Speakers: | Commercial Court Speakers | |
| RSVP: | by Friday 3 June, 2011 Email marketing@law.monash.edu.au or phone (03) 9905 2630 |
Barristers, solicitors and interested clients are encouraged to attend.
For further information please see Commercial Court Seminar
2. ‘Victor’s Justice: Selecting the Targets of International Tribunals’
Presented by The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Professor William A. Schabas is one of the world’s leading authorities on international criminal law. He is Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he holds the chair in human rights law. He is also an honorary professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in Beijing, and professeur associé at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He is the author of more than 20 books and 275 journal articles, on such subjects as the abolition of capital punishment, genocide and the international criminal tribunals. His most recent book, The International Criminal Court: A Commentary on the Rome Statute, was published by Oxford University Press in 2010. He is editor in chief of Criminal Law Forum. Professor Schabas was a member of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He is the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in Human Rights. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a member of the Royal Irish Academy and he has been awarded the Vespasian V. Pella Medal for International Criminal Justice of the Association internationale de droit penal.
| Venue: | Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne |
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 June, 2011 | |
| Time: | 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm | |
| RSVP: | castan.centre@monash.edu or tel. 9905 3327 |
For full details please see:
http://www.law.monash.edu.au/castancentre/events/2011/schabas-lecture.html
NB: If this particular educational activity is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law, then you should claim one ‘unit’ for each hour of attendance.