Speaker: Dr Frederick Wilmot-Smith (University of Oxford)
Lawyers often talk about joint, or joint and several, liability. But what does that mean? This paper examines that question—and a number of related questions—by asking what it means to say that two parties are jointly liable to another. This raises a theoretical question about the nature of obligation; and, more generally, forces us to consider the nature of a number of contested doctrines (including vicarious liability and joint tortfeasance). The paper’s core claim is that references to joint liability are (and must be) references to multiple individual liabilities which are conditionally related, rather than a single liability binding upon multiple parties.
Sandwiches served in the Lower Ground Atrium between 12.30pm and 1pm; seminar to commence in G24 at 1pm.
This seminar is open to all LLM, MCL and PhD students, Faculty members and Faculty visitors but is not open to undergraduate students.
We hope that you can make it to these exciting events: Peter Candy, Poorna Mysoor, Eugene Shevchuk, Fleur Stolker (Convenors)
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