Professor Jim Davis

Professor Jim Davis started his legal career as a lecturer in law at Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand in 1965. He has been with the Law School since January 1968 and specialises in the areas of Contract, Torts and Conflict of Laws.

Professor Davis is currently involved in preparing the second edition of Greig and Davis, Law of Contract and the third edition of Balkin and Davis, Law of Torts.

Although recently retired, Professor Davis will continue as a Visiting Fellow in the Faculty, teaching one unit at a time and continue as legal adviser to the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills. He is also planning to continue as editor and updater of the "Contracts" title of Laws of Australia and similar for the "Torts" title of Halsbury's Laws of Australia, and to continue providing intensive courses on contract law for non-lawyers involved in the negotiation and administration of contracts.

Recent publications:

"Privity and Exclusion Clauses" in Privity: Private Justice or Public Regulation (ed Peter Kincaid), Ashgate Press 2001

"Is there still scope for forum shopping after John Pfeiffer v Rogerson?" (2000) 20 Australian Bar Review 107

"Liability for careless acts or omissions causing purely economic loss: Perre v Apand Pty Ltd" (2000) 8 Torts Law Journal 123

Research:

Writing in half of Greig and Davis, Law of Contract, published in 1987

Writing in half of Balkin and Davis, Law of Torts, first edition published in 1991, second edition in 1996