The Honourable Justice Elisabeth Peden was sworn in as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 6 April 2022. Her Honour graduated from the University of Sydney with degrees in Arts and Law, both with first class honours, and was awarded the University Medal in Law. Her Honour went on to complete her PhD on contractual implied terms at Cambridge University. From 1999, her Honour was an academic and an academic barrister. From 2008, her Honour worked as a fractional professor of law at the University of Sydney and practised fulltime from the Twelfth and Third Floor of Wentworth Chambers primarily in the areas of contract, commercial law and general equity. Her Honour took silk in 2019, and in 2022 was recognised as a professor emerita at the University of Sydney.
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| Phoebe McDermott | Associate to Justice Peden | (02) 9230 8861 |
Legal, cultural, or benevolent organisations
Editor, Butterworths Property Reports |
Chair, LPAB Examination Committee |
Professor Emerita, University of Sydney |
Co-editor, Commercial Law Quarterly |
Editorial board, Contract and Commercial Law Review |
13–16 March |
Eighth Judicial Seminar on Commercial Litigation (Hong Kong) |
15–18 August |
Trans-Tasman Bar Conference 2024: ‘The Timeless Value of Wisdom and Insight’ (Queenstown, New Zealand) |
23–25 September |
Writing Better Judgments (Sydney, Australia) |
12 February |
Keynote Address, ‘Opening of the Coptic Law Term for 2024’ (Sydney) |
| 16 February | Oration, CPD Presentation for the Education Network, ‘You, Me and the Indemnity: A Drafting Guide’ (Online) |
| 6 March | Oration, 19th Annual Australian College of Strata Lawyers Strata Law Conference, ‘Strata Law: An Update from the Perspective of the Supreme Court’ (Sydney) |
| 14 March | Oration, 8th Judicial Seminar on Commercial Litigation, ‘Legal Issues Raised by Cryptocurrencies and the Failure of Cryptocurrency Exchanges (Sydney) |
| 15 March | Oration, 8th Judicial Seminar on Commercial Litigation, ‘Use of Costs as Case Management Tool and to Promote Efficient and Proportionate Conduct and to Facilitate Settlement (Sydney) |
| 29 April | Oration, Commercial Law Association Seminar, ‘Recent Developments in the Equity Division – Equitable Money Remedies (Sydney) |
| 29 July | Oration, Commercial Law Association Seminar, ‘The Measure of Damages for Breach of Contract: Expectation, Reliance and Restitution’ (Sydney) |
| 15 August | Oration, NSW Specialist Accreditation Conference, ‘Updates from the Real Property List’ (Sydney) |
| 1 November | Oration, Senior Courts Update, High Court Reforms, New Zealand Institute of Judicial Studies, ‘Ensuring Effective Reform – A Word from Experience’ (Auckland, New Zealand) |
| 20 November | Oration, Land and Environment Court Presentation, ‘The Imposition of Easements under Section 88K of the Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW)’ (Sydney) |
| 9 December | Oration, NSW Legislative Council Bicentenary Conference, ‘Section 7A and Sir John Peden: A Constitutional Collision between Law and Politics’ (Sydney) |
The swearing-in ceremony for the Honourable Justice Elisabeth Peden was held on Wednesday, 6 April 2022
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