{"id":764,"date":"2021-08-18T16:54:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T16:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/?page_id=764"},"modified":"2022-07-01T09:29:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T09:29:31","slug":"media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/media\/","title":{"rendered":"Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tNews\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<div class=\"custom-breadcrumbs\"><ul><li class=\"item-home\"><i class=\"fas fa-home\"><\/i><a class=\"bread-link bread-home\" href=\"https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-tabs--label-0\" data-index=\"0\" aria-selected=\"true\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\t\t\t\tNews\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\tNews\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<form action='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/media\/' method='post' id='form-news-filter'><div class='row'><div class='col-md-7 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 news-filter'><div 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name=\"news_ajax_action\" id=\"news_ajax_action\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"pagenumber\" id=\"pagenumber\" \/><\/form><br \/>\n<div id='news-listing-widget'><div class='row news-page row-eq-height'><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 row-eq-height'><a href='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/media\/clt-plrg-seminar-do-doctors-have-a-right-to-perform-medically-unnecessary-genital-operations-on-minors-by-brian-d-earp-university-of-oxford\/'><div class='news-block'><div class='news-image'><img src='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/08\/CLT-PLRG-230728-660x370-1.jpg' \/><\/div><div class='news-desc has-image'><div class='news-title'><h5>CLT-PLRG Seminar, 'Do Doctors Have a Right to Perform Medically Unnecessary Genital Operations on Minors?' by Brian D Earp, University of Oxford<\/h5><\/div><div class='news-date'>28 July 2023<\/div><div class='news-excerpt'><p>News News News<\/p>\n<\/div><div class='news-link'>Read More ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 row-eq-height'><a href='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/events\/plrg20230515\/' target='_blank'><div class='news-block'><div class='news-image'><img src='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/PLRGPS230515-660x370-1.jpg' \/><\/div><div class='news-desc has-image'><div class='news-title'><h5>PLRG Public Seminar, \"The Marex Tort: a Nascent or Unnecessary Tort?\" by Prof John Murphy<\/h5><\/div><div class='news-date'>15 May 2023<\/div><div class='news-excerpt'>Professor John Murphy from University of Hong Kong led the discussion, where a defendant (D) induces a third party (T) to act in a way that contravenes the terms of a court order granted in favour of a plaintiff (P) in an action brought by P against T, does D commit a tort that arises by analogy with the wrong of inducing breach of contract?<\/div><div class='news-link'>Read More ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 row-eq-height'><a href='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/events\/plrg20230419\/' target='_blank'><div class='news-block'><div class='news-image'><img src='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/02\/PLRGRG230419-660x370-1.jpg' \/><\/div><div class='news-desc has-image'><div class='news-title'><h5>PLRG Public Seminar, \"The Arbitration Debate: A Tale of Two Contract Cities\" by Dr Orit Gan<\/h5><\/div><div class='news-date'>19 April 2023<\/div><div class='news-excerpt'>Dr Orit Gan looks at the 'arbitration debate' in this seminar where she discussed Supreme Court decisions, revealing, not only different interpretation and application of the FAA, but also mainly profound different perspectives on contract and contract law.<\/div><div class='news-link'>Read More ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 row-eq-height'><a href='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/events\/plrg20230315\/' target='_blank'><div class='news-block'><div class='news-image'><img src='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/02\/PLRGPS230315-660x370-1.jpg' \/><\/div><div class='news-desc has-image'><div class='news-title'><h5>PLRG Public Seminar, \"The Coronation Cases: The Development of the Doctrine of Frustration\" by Prof Catherine MacMillan<\/h5><\/div><div class='news-date'>15 March 2023<\/div><div class='news-excerpt'>Catharine MacMillan, Professor of Private Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King\u2019s College London looks at the coronation cases in their historical setting. Arising from the postponement of Edward VII's coronation in June 1902, the cases have long been recognised as important in the development of the doctrine of frustration in the common law.<\/div><div class='news-link'>Read More ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 row-eq-height'><a href='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/events\/plrg20230119\/' target='_blank'><div class='news-block'><div class='news-image'><img src='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/12\/PLRGPS230119-660x370-1.jpg' \/><\/div><div class='news-desc has-image'><div class='news-title'><h5>PLRG Public Seminar: Is Contract Law Liberal? by Dr Nick Sage<\/h5><\/div><div class='news-date'>19 January 2023<\/div><div class='news-excerpt'> PLRG conducted our first public seminar for the year 2023 with Dr Nick Sage, Associate Professor at LSE Law School. Titled, 'Is Contract Law Liberal?\", Dr Sage's presentation propose that a liberal theory of contract should focus not on autonomy but on toleration.<\/div><div class='news-link'>Read More ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 row-eq-height'><a href='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/media\/plrg-reading-group-7-remedies-for-proprietary-estoppel-in-the-uk-supreme-court-guest-v-guest\/'><div class='news-block'><div class='news-image'><img src='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/12\/PLRGRG230116-660x370-2.jpg' \/><\/div><div class='news-desc has-image'><div class='news-title'><h5>PLRG Reading Group 7: Remedies for Proprietary Estoppel in the UK Supreme Court: Guest v Guest<\/h5><\/div><div class='news-date'>16 January 2023<\/div><div class='news-excerpt'>Professor Ying Liew leads this group discussion on the recent UKSC decision in Guest v Guest. The session was chaired by Professor Kelvin Low.  <\/div><div class='news-link'>Read More ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 row-eq-height'><a href='https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/chapters\/edit\/10.4324\/9781003358305-5\/contracts-time-covid-19-wayne-courtney' target='_blank'><div class='news-block'><div class='news-image'><img src='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/plrgext221231-660x370-1.jpg' \/><\/div><div class='news-desc has-image'><div class='news-title'><h5>Book Chapter: Wayne Courtney, 'Contracts in the time of COVID-19' in Normann Witzleb (ed), Contract Law in Changing Times (Routledge 2022)<\/h5><\/div><div class='news-date'>29 December 2022<\/div><div class='news-excerpt'>This Chapter examines the doctrine of frustration in Singaporean law and its application to contracts affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/div><div class='news-link'>Read More ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 row-eq-height'><a href='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/media\/plrg-public-seminar-contracts-as-expectation-explaining-the-futurity-aspect-of-contractual-claims-and-the-nature-of-simultaneous-transactions-by-dr-irina-sakharova\/'><div class='news-block'><div class='news-image'><img src='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/11\/PLRGSS2121213-660x370-1.jpg' \/><\/div><div class='news-desc has-image'><div class='news-title'><h5>PLRG Public Seminar: Contracts as Expectation: Explaining the Futurity Aspect of Contractual Claims and the Nature of Simultaneous Transactions by Dr Irina Sakharova<\/h5><\/div><div class='news-date'>13 December 2022<\/div><div class='news-excerpt'>Dr Irina Sakharova analyses the nature of expectation in contractual relationships  that not only succeeds in vindicating the contractual status of simultaneous transactions that have traditionally been regarded as contracts but also does so without introducing new complications in the analysis of private law relations.\r\n<\/div><div class='news-link'>Read More ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 row-eq-height'><a href='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/media\/reading-group-6-agency-law-and-rules-of-attribution\/'><div class='news-block'><div class='news-image'><img src='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/10\/PLRGRG221019-660x370-1.jpg' \/><\/div><div class='news-desc has-image'><div class='news-title'><h5>PLRG Reading Group 6: Agency Law and Rules of Attribution<\/h5><\/div><div class='news-date'>19 October 2022<\/div><div class='news-excerpt'>Professor Tan Cheng Han leads a discussion on his paper, 'Implied Terms in Undisclosed Agency' followed by a discussion on\u00a0 understanding the attribution rules in private law by Professor James Penner.<\/div><div class='news-link'>Read More ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 row-eq-height'><a href='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/media\/mike-dowdles-book-transnational-law-a-framework-for-analysis-has-just-been-published-by-cambridge-university-press\/' target='_blank'><div class='news-block'><div class='news-image'><img src='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/Transnational-law-660-x370.png' \/><\/div><div class='news-desc has-image'><div class='news-title'><h5>Mike Dowdle\u2019s book, Transnational Law: A Framework for Analysis, has just been published by Cambridge University Press<\/h5><\/div><div class='news-date'>22 September 2022<\/div><div class='news-excerpt'>Globalisation impacts every aspect of modern society and today's law graduates are expected to deal with complex legal problems that require knowledge and training that goes beyond domestic law. This textbook provides an overview of how law is becoming increasingly transnational, facilitating theoretical and practical engagement with transnational legal institutions and phenomena.<\/div><div class='news-link'>Read More ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class='col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 row-eq-height'><a href='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/events\/plrgrg220831\/' target='_blank'><div class='news-block'><div class='news-image'><img src='https:\/\/law.nus.edu.sg\/pldg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/10\/PLRGRG220831-660x370-1.jpg' \/><\/div><div class='news-desc has-image'><div class='news-title'><h5>PLRG Reading Group 5: Following, Tracing and Claiming Assets in a Dematerialised and Borderless World<\/h5><\/div><div class='news-date'>31 August 2022<\/div><div class='news-excerpt'>Professor James Penner's leads the discussion on his paper, 'Following, Tracing and Claiming Assets in a Dematerialised and Borderless World'.<\/div><div 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