Legal Duties to Prevent Climate Change: Comparing Public and Private Law Litigation Routes
- Investigate emerging legal duties encompassing the morass of climate change litigation
- Explore a special emphasis on the distinction between public and private law litigation
- Expect to be able to better understand and reflect on:
- The key issues
- Questions
- Choices in the legal field
Presented by Daniel Kalderimis, Barrister, and Timothy Pilkington, Barrister, Thorndon Chambers
Description
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Chair
Debra Dorrington, Sustainability Consultant, Debra Dorrington
Learning Objectives:
- Examine Legal duties to prevent climate change
- Receive practical advice to comparing Public and Private law Litigation routes
Presenters
Daniel Kalderimis, Barrister, Thorndon Chambers
With over 20 years’ experience, Daniel is a New Zealand and English-qualified barrister who practises at Thorndon Chambers (Wellington), Richmond Chambers (Auckland) and Twenty Essex (Singapore and London) and an adjunct lecturer teaching civil procedure and advocacy at Victoria University of Wellington. He has appeared at all levels of the New Zealand court system and in numerous international arbitrations. Daniel is recognised in all leading directories, where he has been described as “an excellent barrister” with “a very sharp mind” and “awesome oral advocacy skills”, who is “calm and authoritative, preferring substance over theatrics" and “a real pleasure to work with”. Daniel is active before the courts in the emerging area of legal duties and climate change.
Debra Dorrington, Sustainability Consultant, Debra Dorrington
Debra is a sustainability advocate, guiding advisers like lawyers to positively influence sustainable behaviour in business. She sees the legal fraternity as having an integral role in influencing climate conscious behaviour and hopes the profession spearheads positive change at scale. She currently volunteers as the Pro-Bono Coordinator for Lawyers for Climate Action NZ Inc. For years Debra was a property lawyer in private practice where she built a strong reputation. She combines decades of legal training and experience, with a passion for making a difference.
Timothy Pilkington, Barrister, Thorndon Chambers
Tim recently completed a D.Phil at St John’s College, University of Oxford on restitution for a failure of condition. His D.Phil was supervised by Professor Ben McFarlane and examined by Professor Robert Stevens and Justice James Edelman. Tim was previously an Associate Lecturer at the University of Sydney Law School, where he taught property and commercial law. Before that, he was a Judge’s Clerk to Justice David Hammerschlag and then Justice Julie Ward in the New South Wales Supreme Court. Tim continues to do academic work and is presently working on a book on restitution based on his D.Phil. His previous writing has been referred to by courts and leading textbooks around the common law world. He is also currently an Adjunct Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, where he is delivering lectures on property law.
