2005 Workshop on Commercial and Consumer Law

35th Annual Workshop
on
Commercial and Consumer Law

Friday and Saturday, October 21 and 22, 2005

Convenor: Jacob Ziegel

The Solarium
Falconer Hall - Faculty of Law
University of Toronto

Sponsored by the Canadian Business Law Journal, the Commercial and Consumer Law Section of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers, the Osgoode Hall Law School, the Faculties of Law of the Universities of Alberta, British Columbia, Dalhousie, McGill, Queen’s, Saskatchewan, Toronto and Western Ontario, and the Chair in Business Law and International Trade (Chaire en droit des affaires et du commerce international), Université de Montréal.

This year’s programme will include the following topics:

  • Exportability of North American Chattel Security Regimes
  • Corporate Citizenship and Canadian Corporations
  • Class Action Developments in Canada and the US
  • Privacy Protection in Canada and PIPEDA Issues
  • Bill C-55 and Comparative Bankruptcy Developments
  • Recognition of Foreign Non-money Judgements in Canada
  • Problems of Self Representing Litigants and Representation by Family Members
  • Treatment of Student Loans in Bankruptcy Discharges

In addition, the Friday evening will honour Sir Roy Goode of Oxford University, England