NUS: Faculty of Law - Staff Seminars

Seminars / Public Lectures / Courses in Academic Year 2002/2003

Date	Topic	Speakers	No of Participants
Jul–Aug 2002	Chinese Foreign Investment Law and Trade Law	A/P Li Mei Qin	18
21 Sept 2002	Mistaken Payments: De Beers and IDA v Singtel re-examined	A/P William Swadling	53
19 Oct 2002	*Partnerships for the 21^st Century? Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnership Law Reform	Prof Geoffrey Morse	208
27-29 Nov 2002	Basic Course in International Law for Foreign Service Officers	A/P Robert Beckman and A/P Hsu Locknie	62
29 Mar 2003	Dishonestly Assisting in a Breach of Trust and Improperly Receiving Trust Funds	Prof Derek Davies	32
7 Jun 2003	Effective Reservation of Title Clauses and Security over Receivables	Prof Gerard McCormack	41

Seminars organized jointly with the Singapore Academy of Law

Date	Topic	Speakers	No of Participants
25-26 Jul 2002	Harmonising Trade Laws & UNCITRAL		40
	· The Work of UNCITRAL in the field of Electronic Commerce	Mr Renaud Sorieul
	· The United Nations Convention for Contracts for the International Sale of Goods – An Overview	A/P Gary Bell
	· The UNCITRAL Draft Convention on Assignment of Receivables in International Trade	Mr Jeffrey Chan
	· The United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Independent Letters of Credit	Mr Renaud Sorieul
	· Transport Law	A/P Dr. Alexander Von Ziegler
	· The work of UNCITRAL in the Field of Arbitration and Conciliation	Mr Renaud Sorieul
	· The New Arbitration Act	Mr Warren Khoo
	· The relevance of UNCITRAL Law to Mediation Practice in Singapore	Mr Goh Joon Seng
	· Cross Border Insolvency	Judge Wisit Wisitora-At
	· Singapore Perspective on the Model Law on Cross Border Insolvency	Dr S Chandra Mohan
10 – 11 Dec 2002	The International Copyright System and Recent Developments in International and Comparative Copyright Law	Prof Jane Ginsburg	55
15 February 2003	‘Choice of Court Agreements: Claiming Damages When They Have Been Broken?’ & ‘Overlapping Claims And Causes Of Action In Private International Law: Can A Plaintiff Win By Choosing How His Claim Is Framed?’	Prof Adrian Briggs	54