{"id":6852,"date":"2016-08-01T04:29:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T04:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lawfoundation.org.nz\/?p=6852"},"modified":"2016-08-11T22:19:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T22:19:19","slug":"nzlfs-2016-distinguished-visiting-fellow-professor-graham-virgo-from-university-of-cambridge-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawfoundation.org.nz\/?p=6852","title":{"rendered":"*NZLF&#8217;s 2016 Distinguished Visiting Fellow &#8211; Professor Graham Virgo from University of Cambridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PROFESSOR GRAHAM VIRGO is visiting New Zealand during August as the New Zealand Law Foundation&#8217;s 2016 Distinguished Visiting Fellow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left; display: inline-block; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lawfoundation.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Prof-Graham-Virgo-2016-DVF-image-for-news-item.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Graham Virgo NZLF Distinguished Visiting Fellow 2016\" width=\"169\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While in New Zealand he will be hosted by the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago and tour all law schools giving staff seminars and public lectures.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Virgo is a Professor of English Private Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. He writes and researches in the fields of Criminal Law; Equity and Trusts and the Law of Restitution. He has been a Fellow of Downing College since 1989, where he read Law as an undergraduate.<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.cam.ac.uk\/people\/academic\/gj-virgo\/84\">For more information read Professor Virgo&#8217;s University of Cambridge profile<\/a>.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Topics for Professor Virgo&#8217;s public lectures:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conscience in Equity: a new Utopia &#8211; <em>on the role of conscience and unconscionability in the equitable jurisdiction<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Justifying the Law of Restitution \u2013 <em>a case study in the nature of judging<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Topics of staff seminars planned for the law schools:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Law of Unjust Enrichment: a view from England<\/li>\n<li>Judicial Discretion in Private Law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dates for Professor Virgo&#8217;s public lectures:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Canterbury:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawfoundation.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/UC-Graham-Virgo_Public-Lecture-flyer-for-2-Aug-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Tues 2nd Aug, 6-7pm<\/a> Room 108, Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Business and Law Building<\/li>\n<li>University of Otago:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/news\/events\/otago614053.html\" target=\"_blank\">Thurs 4th Aug, 5.30pm<\/a> Moot Court, L10 Richardson Building<\/li>\n<li>VUW: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawfoundation.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/VUW-Poster-for-DVF-mail-out-18.7.2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Tues 9th Aug, 5.30pm<\/a> GBLT1, Old Government Buildings, 55 Lambton Quay, Wellington<\/li>\n<li>University of Waikato: <a href=\"http:\/\/events.waikato.ac.nz\/cgi-bin\/index.pl?Calendar=UniPR&amp;View=Event&amp;DateID=8\/16\/2016&amp;Repeatid=tmJ6PeWaitjSoo31UDS36zBXg\" target=\"_blank\">Tues 16th Aug, 5.15pm, <\/a>Te Whare Tapere Iti, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts<\/li>\n<li>University of Auckland and AUT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.auckland.ac.nz\/en\/about\/events-1\/events\/events-2016\/2016\/08\/public-lecture-professor-graham-virgo.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wed 17th Aug, 6pm,<\/a> University of Auckland, Stone Lecture Theatre, Level 3, Building 801, 9 Eden Crescent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawfoundation.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-DVF-Professor-Graham-Virgo.pdf\">Further information about Professor Graham Virgo and his New Zealand public lectures and staff seminars planned for law schools<\/a><\/h5>\n<h4>Each year the Law Foundation provides up to $40,000 towards the visit of the NZLF&#8217;s Distinguished Visiting Fellow<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROFESSOR GRAHAM VIRGO is visiting New Zealand during August as the New Zealand Law Foundation&#8217;s 2016 Distinguished Visiting Fellow. 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