Tuesday 18 May 2004
oxford law alumni lectures
Damages for Breach of Contract and Exemption Clauses and Unfair Terms
Venue: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
These two lectures, to be given by members of the Oxford Law Faculty and to which only Oxford law alumni are being invited, will be given on Tuesday 18th May and will examine recent developments in two central areas of the law of contract. Attendance by barristers or solicitors will be worth 2 CPD points.
“Damages for Breach of Contract” to be given by Professor Andrew Burrows QC will look at current issues in relation to compensatory damages (including loss of a chance, the choice between difference in value or cost of cure and damages for non-pecuniary loss after Farley v Skinner) as well as at the controversial area of “restitutionary damages” following Att-Gen v Blake and the Experience Hendrix case.
“Exemption Clauses and Unfair Terms” to be given by Edwin Peel will examine issues such as the meaning of “consequential loss” in exemption clauses, excluding liability for negligence and fraud (in the light of HIH Casualty v Chase Manhattan Bank), duty defining clauses (as explored in City Index v Stevenson), the proper interpretation and effect of non-reliance clauses, the vexed problem of (non-) severance, reasonableness in software licences and equipment leases, and the meaning of unfairness under the 1999 Regulations (as analysed in DGFT v First National Bank).
The total cost of the two lectures (including handouts) is £100.
All profits will be used for the work of the Oxford University Law Faculty. The drinks afterwards are being generously provided by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. .
For more information please see the event website
Organised by Oxford Law Alumni Office in conjunction with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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