Grand Final of the Maitland Chambers (Cuppers) Mooting Competition
On Wednesday 15 February 2012, the Grand Final of the Maitland Chambers University of Oxford Inter-collegiate (Cuppers) Mooting Competition took place. [more…]
Shearman & Sterling University of Oxford Moot Competition 2012
Can a passenger travelling in a stolen car who is injured in a collision due to the negligence of the driver recover damages in tort when he was complicit in the theft of the car? What standard of care does a driver who, unbeknownst to him, suffers from a disability that seriously impairs his ability to drive owe to his passenger? These questions were the subject of passionate submissions on Saturday the 4th of February 2012 at the 9th annual Shearman & Sterling University of Oxford Moot Competition. [more…]
OPBP launches 2012 Internship Programme
OPBP is pleased to announce that applications for the 2012 Internship Programme are open. [more…]
OPBP tenders submissions to the Attorney-General of Australia regarding Equality Law Reform
On the 22nd of September 2011, the Attorney-General’s Department of Australia launched a public discussion paper inviting community views on the proposed consolidation of Australia’s anti-discrimination legislation. [more…]
Events
Thursday 23 February 2012
The Jurisdictional Immunities case (Germany v Italy) - judicial development of natural law, Dr Alexander Orakhelashvili, University of Birmingham, at 12:30
Pension plans, fiduciary duties and the thorny question of disclosure, Justice Eileen E. Gillese, Ontario Court of Appeal, at 12:30
Louwes Lecture 2012
Accountability and International Law: Reflections from Water Projects, Professor Edith Brown Weiss, Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law; Co-Director, Joint Degree in Law and Government; Georgetown University, at 16:30
Oxford Intellectual Property Invited Speaker Seminar Series
The Patent System and Climate Change, Professor Josh Sarnoff, College of Law, DePaul University, at 1715
Israel: Historical, Political and Social Aspects lecture series
Israel and the European Left: Between Solidarity and Delegitimisation, Professor Colin Schindler, SOAS, at 20:00
Conferences
& Workshops
(not shown above)
Tuesday 6 March 2012
Law and Finance Workshop
"Private equity backed IPOs" and "Private Equity Control over Portfolio Companies", Howard Jones and Ruediger Stucke, Senior Research Fellow in Finance and Research Fellow in Finance and Economics, Saïd Business School and Jeremias Prassl, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, at 13:00
Thursday 8 March
Law and Finance Workshop
"Holding bank directors accountable: the role of boards, institutional shareholders and micro-prudential regulators", "Tug of War between an open market for corporate control and a long-term vision for UK firms: Revisiting the advisory role of target directors during a UK bid post the takeover of Cadbury's plc" and "What'’s (un)problematic about corporate power?", Andreas Kokkinis, UCL Faculty of Laws, Georgina Tsagas, QMUL School of Law and Marc Moore, UCL Faculty of Laws, at 15:30
Friday 23 March until Saturday 24 March 2012
Legal Challenges Arising out of the Global Financial Crisis: Bail-outs, the Euro and Regulation
Thursday 19 April until Friday 20 April 2012
The Borders of Punishment: Criminal Justice, Citizenship and Social Exclusion
Tuesday 15 May
Buyer Power in Competition Law, at 0930
