The Paisley Snail

NOT TO BE MISSED - THE MAJOR EVENT OF THE YEAR – ONE OF THE THINGS PAISLEY IS MOST FAMOUS FOR OTHER THAN THEIR PATTERN!
Who then in law is my neighbour?
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

The most famous legal case of all time…
TORT • NEGLIGENCE • DELICT

Convenor, The Hon Lord Kinclaven, Court of Session

THE MOST FAMOUS LEGAL CASE OF ALL TIME – TORT, NEGLIGENCE, DELICT - SEE BELOW FOR A TASTER OF WHAT IS ON OFFER:

Friday 25th May, 2012

Plenary/Workshop Sessions (12pm – 1pm) – 25th May, Paisley Town Hall

Plenary Session:

Michael French, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand – `Donoghue v Stevenson and Local Authorities: can the tort of negligence be built on shaky foundations? A New Zealand perspective’

Workshop Sessions:

Fernando Dias Simões, University of Macau - ‘Private Labels and Liability for Products: hypermarkets as apparent producers’

Inah Borra-Tessier, Supreme Court of the Philippines - ‘Product Liability in the 21st Century’

Plenary/Workshop Sessions – (2.00 pm – 4.00) - 25th May, Paisley Town Hall

Plenary Session:

Michael Bromby, Higher Education Academy, UK ‘The Paisley Snail – Pandora’s toolbox for legal education?’

Workshop Session:

Peter Handford, The University of Western Australia – `The Snail’s Antipodean Adventures’

Matthew Chapman and John Kleefield –
`The Donoghue Diaries: Lord Atkin’s research notes in Donoghue v Stevenson’

Saturday 26th May, 2012

Plenary/Workshop Sessions – (11.30am – 4.30pm) – 26th May, Paisley TownHall

Plenary Session:

Julius Komorowski, Advocate, Scotland –
`An Alternative History’

Workshop Sessions:

Dr Richard Goldberg, University of Aberdeen, Scotland - 'Defective Medicinal Products in the US and EU: A Reappraisal for the Twenty First Century'

Dr Wendy Bonython, University of Canberra, Australia – `Whose reason is reasonable? Reasonableness, negligence, and the mentally ill defendant’

Barbara Legate, Legate Personal Injury Lawyers, Canada - ‘You Can’t Just Be a Little Bit Pregnant: How the Paisley Snail saved Ontario’s mothers-to-be from cross-border shopping for care’

MANY MORE TOPICS COVERED WITHIN THE LAW – FOR FULL PROGRAMME OF EVENTS SEE LINK BELOW:-

http://www.uws.ac.uk/schoolsdepts/business/thepaisleysnail/index.asp

A discounted day rate is available for University Staff at £200 which will include

· Conference pack

· Lunch and evening dinner
Friday night buffet and tour of Abbey
OR
Saturday night buffet dinner in the Town Hall

Or why not come to ALL for a discounted rate of £345.00 starting on Thursday evening with a Champagne Reception/Buffet with the Principal.

If you have any queries or would like to register, please email, thepaisleysnail@uws.ac.uk<mailto:thepaisleysnail@uws.ac.uk>.

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