Program
9.45am Registration
10.00am
Welcome: Stephen Lamy, President, Commercial Law Association
Opening Address: Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE
10.30am Session 1: The nature of contractual indemnities
Chair: Stephen Estcourt QC
Paper 1: The nature of contractual indemnities
Wayne Courtney, University of Sydney
11.15am Morning tea
11.45am Session 2: Indemnities in different contexts
Chair: Donald Robertson, Partner, Freehills
Paper 2: Indemnities and employment
Professor Andrew Stewart, University of Adelaide
Paper 3: Indemnities and guarantees
Nuncio D’Angelo, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
12.45 pm: Lunch
2.00pm: Session 3: Indemnities against breach of contract
Chair: Justice Stephen Rothman, Supreme Court of NSW
Paper 4: Indemnities against breach of contract
Professor John Carter, University of Sydney; Consultant, Freehills
Paper 5: Indemnities and the civil liability legislation.
Professor Barbara McDonald, University of Sydney
3.00 pm Afternoon tea
3.30 pm Session 4: Indemnities and third parties
Chair: Hon Kevin Lindgren QC
Paper 6: Assignment of indemnities and guarantees
Associate Professor Gregory Tolhurst, University of Sydney,
Paper 7: Indemnities for the benefit of others: getting round the privity rule
Professor Michael Furmston, Singapore Management University
4.30 pm
Closing Address: Professor Howard (Woody) Hunter, President, Singapore Management University