Tort Law Centre
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The objective of the Institute's Tort Law Centre, which was founded in 2002, is to promote research, policy discussion and development in the field of tort law, and to strengthen the link between the law and policy-making in this field. Legal research in this area has been traditionally limited by national jurisdictions. This is unsatisfactory for several reasons. First, because of the international and cross border nature of the services and products. Second, because of the considerable reform activity in the different countries which has highlighted the need for comparison. Finally, because of the impact of regulation by the European Union, in areas such as product liability, requiring a shift of focus from national to international perspective.
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ResearchThe following research projects are coordinated by the Tort Law Centre:
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TeamA number of staff work under the umbrella of the Tort Law Centre. Dr Duncan Fairgrieve is Director of the Centre. Professor Jane Stapleton is also a Commonwealth Fellow at the Institute. We are delighted to announce that Professor Jane Stapleton has been appointed as a Commonwealth Fellow at the British Institute. Jane Stapleton is one of the world's leading scholars on Products Liability, and her academic work spans three continents. She is a Professor of Law at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, in the Research School of Social Sciences, and Ernest E Smith Professor, University of Texas School of Law. Professor Stapleton is also a statutory visiting professor of law at Oxford University, where she taught for a dozen years before moving to Australia. Working PapersThe Centre publishes a number of working papers. Chester v Afhar, paper presented by Robert Stevens, November 2004. Seminar PapersAt our seminar on non-pecuniary loss, as part of the Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Seminar Series, the following presented papers:
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