Herbert Smith Freehills, The University of Western Australia Private & Commercial Law Research Cluster and LexisNexis’ Journal of Equity warmly invite you to attend the Corporations and Equity 2021 Conference.

Corporations spearhead modern commerce. However, as artificial persons, they also pose significant challenges to the law’s regulation. Contemporary corporations are often complex actors that can operate simultaneously across borders, through devolved combinations of natural and corporate agents, business structures and systems, to both enormously beneficial and harmful effect, in the pursuit of their corporate purposes. This is not to mention their enjoyment (if all goes well) of immortality and perpetual succession. The powerful and potentially destructive combination of these factors has lent increasing urgency to law reform enquiries into the future of corporate regulation both within Australia and abroad.

This conference makes a unique contribution to these debates by bringing together eminent judges, scholars and practitioners to examine how Equity’s ancient jurisdiction has evolved to meet a number of key and current challenges posed by corporations. Given the current pandemic environment, it is likely that some presenters (identified in the program) will participate remotely.

In-person registrations will be strictly limited and will attract CPD points. Remote participation is welcome, however only WA participants will attract CPD points.  This conference is run on a not-for-profit basis, all unspent registration funds being donated for the research activities of the University of Western Australia Law School.

The papers presented at this  conference will form the subject of a special issue of the Journal of Equity, a specialist law journal of international standing, which aims to serve academic communities, judges, practitioners and students of law.

This conference welcomes open exchange of ideas in an inclusive, respectful environment.