The 50th anniversary of The Wagon Mound (No.1) (ADVERTISEMENT)

12/07/2011

The Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law invites members to attend its seminar "On the 50th anniversary of The Wagon Mound (No 1): the neglected complexity of scope-of-liability rules", to be delivered by Professor Jane Stapleton on 28 July 2011 at Court 1, Federal Court of Australia, Law Courts Building, Queens Square.

In The Wagon Mound No 1, the Privy Council formulated the remoteness of damage rules for negligence in terms of whether the type of damage was reasonable foreseeable to the defendant. The Wagon Mound No1 became probably the most well-known Australian torts case throughout the common law world, including in the United States, discussed in all leading torts treatises and casebooks.

Professor Stapleton will argue that The Wagon Mound (No 1) is the start, not the end, of modern jurisprudence in the area, and that it constitutes merely the 'perimeter' rule within which liability is further constrained by a range of more demanding rules. As part of this discussion, she will examine the role of 'common sense' in determining causation.

The Hon Justice Steven Rares, Federal Court of Australia, will chair the evening's proceedings, and the introduction will be by Professor Barbara McDonald, Sydney Law School.

Time: 6.00-7.15pm Location: Court 1, Federal Court of Australia, Law Courts Building, Queens Square** Cost:** Free however registration is essential To register and for more details, please click here

**21 July 2011 **