Description

Liability for consequential loss is routinely excluded in a range of commercial contracts across a variety of industrial sectors. But what, precisely, does an exclusion of liability for “consequential loss” achieve? To what extent is the law’s answer to this question adequate, and consistent with what a client would expect? Do different legal systems within the common-law world answer these questions in the same way? To the extent that there is variation, what lessons does this provide for the future development of the law? This event will attempt to address these questions. Noting the criticisms that have been made of English law’s long-standing approach to the exclusion of liability for consequential loss, the event will address the current state of English law, which is finally showing signs of change, as well as surveying alternative approaches that have been adopted in other jurisdictions, such as Scotland and Australia, and assessing the extent to which they might provide a useful model for the future development of the law.

About The Speaker

Mr Greg Gordon is a graduate of the Universities of Aberdeen and Cambridge and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Aberdeen. He is General Editor of the multi-volume The Laws of Scotland: the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia. He is also Deputy Director of the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy law (www.abdn.ac.uk/law/research/centre-for-energy-law/), and co-ordinates Aberdeen University’s involvement in the North Sea Energy Law Programme, an LLM programme offered in conjunction with the Universities of Groningen, Oslo and Copenhagen.

Mr Gordon’s principal teaching and research interests are in energy law (particularly upstream oil and gas law), delict/tort, and commercial contracting. He previously worked in Aberdeen and London as a solicitor specialising in litigation, primarily in the oil and gas sector. Mr Gordon is in residence at NUS Law from 8 August to 2 September 2016, where among other things, he is teaching an intensive course, International and Comparative Oil and Gas Law.

Who Should Attend

Lawyers, In-house counsel, legal officers and business people working in the oil and gas industry and in commercial trade, banks, and financial institutions.