{"id":2211,"date":"2011-05-30T08:59:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T21:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-blogs-monash-edu.pantheonsite.io\/lawstudentbulletin\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2011-05-30T11:12:51","modified_gmt":"2011-05-30T00:12:51","slug":"events-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/lawstudentbulletin\/2011\/05\/30\/events-55\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1. Contract Construction: Ambiguity of Terms and Reference to \u2018Surrounding Circumstances\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The role of ambiguity: what is the test, and if ambiguity exists, what is the consequence?<\/li>\n<li>The scope of \u2018surrounding circumstances\u2019: what evidence is admissible?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW (1982) 149 CLR 337 established the legal principle that \u2018evidence 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\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The principle is often relied on, but its application raises two important issues. First, is there \u2018ambiguity\u2019 and if so, to what extent? Secondly, if ambiguity exists, what are the limits of the \u2018surrounding circumstances\u2019 to which reference may be made?<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"681\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"78\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"593\">The Lower Banking Chamber<br \/>\n385 Bourke St, Melbourne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Date:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Wednesday 8 June, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>5.15 pm &#8211; 6.15 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Cost:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Free<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/lawstudentbulletin\/files\/2011\/05\/23.5.11-Commercial-Court-Seminar-June-2011.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/lawstudentbulletin\/files\/2011\/05\/23.5.11-Commercial-Court-Seminar-June-2011.pdf\">Commercial Court Speakers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>RSVP: <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>by Friday 3 June, 2011<br \/>\nEmail <em>marketing@law.monash.edu.au<\/em> or phone <em>(03) 9905 2630<\/em><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Barristers, solicitors and interested clients are encouraged to attend.<\/p>\n<p>For further information please see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/lawstudentbulletin\/files\/2011\/05\/23.05.11com-crt-june.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.monash.edu\/lawstudentbulletin\/files\/2011\/05\/23.05.11com-crt-june.pdf\">Commercial Court Seminar<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">2. &#8216;Victor&#8217;s Justice: Selecting the Targets of International Tribunals&#8217;<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Presented by The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Professor William A. Schabas<\/strong> is one of the world\u2019s leading authorities on international criminal law.\u00a0\u00a0He 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 associ\u00e9 at the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al. 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,\u00a0<em>The International Criminal Court: A Commentary on the Rome Statute<\/em>,\u00a0was 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.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"681\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"78\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"593\">Monash University Law Chambers,<br \/>\n472 Bourke Street, Melbourne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Date:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Wednesday 1 June, 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Time:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>6.00 pm to 7.00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>RSVP: <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>castan.centre@monash.edu or tel. 9905 3327<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For full details please see:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.monash.edu.au\/castancentre\/events\/2011\/schabas-lecture.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.law.monash.edu.au\/castancentre\/events\/2011\/schabas-lecture.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>NB: If this particular educational activity is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of\u00a0the\u00a0law, then you should claim one &#8216;unit&#8217; for each hour of attendance.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Contract Construction: Ambiguity of Terms and Reference to \u2018Surrounding Circumstances\u2019 The role of ambiguity: what is the test, and if ambiguity exists, what is the consequence? The scope of \u2018surrounding circumstances\u2019: what evidence is admissible? 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