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Graduates of the GPLLM Class of 2015 enter Convocation Hall on Nov. 9, 2015

There are 39 lawyers and business executives in Toronto who can add another prestigious set of letters after their names. They are the newest graduates with a Global Professional LLM degree, a one-year executive-style graduate program focusing on global business law.

Prof. Tony Duggan delivered the 4th Commercial Law Centre Lecture at the University of Oxford on Oct. 14, 2015. Prof. Duggan spoke on the subject of "Form and Substance in the Determination of Property Rights: Set-off, Flawed Assets and Security Interests in Cash Deposits." 

Professor Duggan's lecture concerned an issue which frequently vexes courts: whether a contract creates property rights, or merely personal rights.  The lecture focused on the decision of the Canadian Supreme Court in Caisse Populaire Desjardins de l'Est de Drummond v Canada [2009] SCC 29.

Centre for the Legal Profession roundtable discussed the advantages and disadvantages of DCS

By Sheldon Gordon

Do dual class share (DCS) structures need to be more strictly regulated in the interests of shareholder democracy—or even banned outright—by Canada's securities commissions?

Class of 1985 alumni enjoy the Reunion cocktail event.

About 325 alumni from years ending in ‘0’ and ‘5’ celebrated with old friends and classmates October 23-25 for Reunion 2015.

A tour of the first floor of the almost-completed Jackman Law Building kicked off the event, one of the Faculty of Law’s premier gatherings of the year. Dozens of alumni donned hard hats and shoe covers for a guided tour through the main areas. Basking in all the space, many were impressed with the progress and future state-of-the-art home of the law school.