Description

In a presentation that Professor Bryan Horrigan has delivered previously in Australia, Hong Kong, and the UK, he brings 25 years of academic and practical expertise to bear on the legal and practical dimensions of good faith in commercial transactions. His presentation covers:

• An update on Anglo-Commonwealth and Asian case law on good faith
• The content and limits of good faith
• Negotiating options and drafting issues addressing good faith
• Links to good faith in other business regulation

About The Speaker

Professor Bryan Horrigan is Dean of the Faculty of Law at Monash University in Melbourne. He has held academic and management positions at a number of Australian law schools, and also holds a doctorate in law from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

Professor Horrigan has 25 years of both academic expertise and practical experience in public and corporate law and governance from Australian, transnational, and cross-disciplinary perspectives. He has written, taught, and advised on governmental and business issues ranging from the regulation of unconscionable business conduct, good faith in commercial transactions, and corporate governance to corporate social responsibility, business and human rights, and governmental liability and immunity.

Prior to becoming Dean, Professor Horrigan worked as a lawyer and later a consultant for the international law firm alliance, Allens >< Linklaters. He was appointed by the Australian Government to an expert panel whose reform recommendations resulted in changes to major national economic regulation affecting business, consumers, franchising, and financial services.