Conference on ‘Fraud and Risk in Commercial Law’ Held at NUS Faculty of Law

It has been said by some that we are in a ‘golden age of fraud’. In part, this has been caused by globalisation, technological changes and the financialisation of business. This has resulted in the creation of automated linkages with integrated supply chains and of systemic risks, which have been exacerbated by new forms of intangible assets like tokens and their ease of movement. While regulation has ebbed and flowed given the desire of Governments to generate economic growth, as well as the distrust of their coercive powers, the courts have remained a greater constant in trying to maintain the balance between commercial certainty and fairness.

This Conference, organised by Professors Paul Davies (UCL) and Hans Tjio (NUS) on 15-16 June 2023 at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, will focus on contemporary problems related to fraud and risk in commercial law which are of interest to both academics and practitioners across the common law world. It is the second in a biennial series of conferences on different aspects of commercial law, organised by the EW Barker Centre for Law and Business, in collaboration with UCL, City University of Hong Kong and Notre Dame Law School. The First Conference, which was on Intermediaries in Commercial Law in June 2021, featured papers co-edited by Paul S Davies and Tan Cheng Han SC that were published by Hart Publishing in the Fall of 2022.

Details of the conference are at Commercial Law Home—EW Barker Centre for Law & Business (nus.edu.sg).

Paul S Davies is a Professor of Commercial Law at University College London (UCL).

Hans Tjio is a Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS).