Online | Book Launch: The Cambridge Handbook of Private Law and Artificial Intelligence

Speakers:

Professor Ernest Lim, Vice Dean and Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS)

Dr Philip Morgan, Reader in Law at the University of York

Nick Pelosi, Associate Director of Engagement, Federated Hermes Ltd

Dr Raphael Reims, Manager Compliance Investigations, BMW Group

Chair: Professor Iris Chiu, Professor of Corporate Law and Financial Regulation, UCL

About the online webinar

Artificial Intelligence (AI) appears to disrupt key private law doctrines and threatens to undermine some of the principal rights protected by private law. The social changes prompted by AI may also generate significant new challenges for private law. This webinar is a book launch of The Cambridge Handbook of Private Law and AI, edited by Ernest Lim and Phillip Morgan. Written by leading experts from common and civil law jurisdictions, this Handbook comprises 29 chapters spanning the law of obligations, and corporate and commercial law.

For more information, and to order, visit the book webpage and enter the code TCHPLAI24 at the checkout for a 20% discount.

About the speakers

Ernest Lim is Vice Dean and Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS). A prize-winning researcher, he has published on the implications of AI for corporate law, corporate governance, AI fairness framework, and commercial liability. He is currently researching on the topic of AI adjudication and the relationship between AI and authoritarianism. He obtained his DPhil and BCL from Oxford and LLB from NUS. He was a Robert S Campbell Visiting Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. He practised corporate and securities law in the New York and Hong Kong offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

Phillip Morgan is a Reader in Law at the University of York. He has published widely on the liability implications of AI, as well as on tort law, particularly vicarious liability. He regularly works within interdisciplinary teams on AI issues, and is the law lead for SAINTS, York’s new interdisciplinary AI safety Centre for Doctoral Training. He obtained his PhD from UCL Laws, his BCL from Oxford, and his MA from Cambridge. He has previously held visiting appointments at Oxford, Cambridge, The University of Hong Kong, Trinity College Dublin, and Georgetown Law.  He is a Barrister of the Middle Temple, and currently sits as a fee-paid judge in both the Employment Tribunal and in the First-tier Tribunal.  He is also the Book Review Editor of the Journal of Professional Negligence, and an Editor of the Professional Negligence and Liability Reports. 

Nick Pelosi is an Associate Director of Engagement in North America, where he leads engagement with the tech sector on digital rights. He authored the EOS Digital Rights Principles, which sets out investor expectations on responsible AI, as well as articles and case studies on the broader topic of digital rights. He is on the board of the Global Network Initiative, a multi stakeholder organization dedicated to protecting online privacy and freedom of expression.

Prior to joining EOS, he worked for First Peoples Worldwide, an NGO that uses corporate engagement to protect the rights of indigenous people and promote indigenous-led community development. He worked for the University of Colorado as a co-author of research on how social risks impact the market value of firms and advised Rio Tinto on social performance at its aluminium smelting operations. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Hunter College and a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University.

Raphael Reims is a lawyer and compliance expert at the BMW Group. He previously worked at the German law firm Noerr and the international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher. He studied at the London School of Economics and German universities and holds a Ph.D. in law.

About the Centre for Ethics and Law

UCL's Centre for Ethics and Law promotes and enhances collaboration between corporates, practitioners, civil servants, academics and others around the broad themes of professional ethics and the ethics of risk

With its wide range of activities and events the centre creates a leading platform for the exchange of ideas and opportunities to analyse ethical dilemmas from a multi-disciplinary and practice oriented perspective.

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