CUGLS webinar: 'In conversation with the Honourable Marilyn Warren AC QC'

CUGLS are pleased to share with you our next event in our speaker series where we are lucky to be joined by the Honourable Marilyn Warren AC QC. The webinar will be held at 9pm GMT on Tuesday 2nd March 2021. This time is to accommodate for the time difference, but we recognise this might be late for some so we will also be recording the webinar. The webinar will start by first hearing from our speaker and then we will take any questions through the Q&A box.

The Hon Marilyn Warren AC QC is the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia (2003-2017). She was the first female Chief Justice in any Australian state or territory. Her Honour was a Supreme Court Judge for nearly 20 years, presiding over cases in all of the court’s list, with a particular focus on commercial law. She was the judge in charge of the commercial list from 2000.

Aside from her judicial career, Her Honour has held a wide variety of positions, including Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (2006-2017), President of the Victorian Law Foundation and Chair of the Judicial College of Victoria, the Council of Legal Education, the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, the Courts Council of Victoria and the Judicial Commission of Victoria. She was also a barrister and Queen’s Counsel and a government lawyer. She is currently the Vice Chancellor’s Professorial Fellow of Monash University and the Judge in Residence at the Law School of the University of Melbourne.

Her Honour will speak about Charities Law, natural disaster fundraising and the role of collectors such as PayPal. In particular, she will discuss the Celeste Barber fundraising during the 2020 Australian bushfires and the subsequent litigation about how the $A51M could be spent. There will be a strong international focus, looking at differences between the narrow approach of Australian courts and jurisdictions like England & Wales and Canada.

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