An eminent Canadian judge will launch the new Pallas Society for Private Law at Trinity College, Dublin, on 22 November. Mr Justice Russell Brown will speak on the topic of Indeterminacy in the Duty of Care Analysis.

The Supreme Court was a Professor of Law at the University of Alberta before his appointment to the bench in 2015

He is the author of Pure Economic Loss in Canadian Negligence Law LexisNexis Canada, 2011 as well as articles on tort, property law and civil justice.  

'Greatest Irish judge'

The new society at Trinity is named in honour of Christopher Pallas who was Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland from 1874 until 1916.

He was acknowledged as an “unrivalled master of the common law”. Distinguished legal author Professor VTH Delany described him as “the greatest of the Irish judges”. 

The lecture will start at 6.30pm in the Arts Block, sixth floor. All are welcome, though registration is required. 

Justice Brown’s lecture is presented by the Palles Society in association with the Private Law Group in the School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, and sponsored by the Ireland Canada Business Association.