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Tort Law and Power
The Spring 2026 Tort Law Research Group (TLRG) Public Lecture will be delivered by Professor Jodi Gardner, the Brian Coote Chair in Private Law at the University of Auckland. The lecture is titled: Tort Law and Power.
The TLRG Public Lecture series is among of the most prominent in the common law world devoted to tort law. Over the past 15 years, it has featured a veritable “who’s who” of leading tort law scholars from across the globe. This year’s lecture is generously funded by MD Lawyers.
About the speaker:
Professor Gardner’s research focuses on the relationship between the private law and social policy. She analyses how the private law interacts with social welfare, including the limitations of doctrinal law in responding to the challenges posed by poverty and inequality. Professor Gardner's research has covered topics including inequality in contract law, vulnerability in tort law, high-cost credit agreements, the impact of austerity measures, debt collection contracts, the effect of technological developments on equality and financial exclusion, and concurrent liability in tort and contract.