Who is liable for a road traffic accident if the vehicle at fault doesn't have a human driver? This question is becoming increasingly urgent as the development of autonomous or self-driving vehicles proceeds apace. If the driver can't be held liable, because there is none, who can? And can fault remain the basis of that liability? These and other related issues are raised by the rapid technological developments and are the focus of this lecture.
PRESENTER
Professor Ken Oliphant
University of Bristol, Law School
Ken Oliphant is Professor of Tort Law and (since 2018) Head of the University of Bristol Law School. From 2009 to 2013, while on extended leave from the University, he was Director of the Institute for European Tort Law in the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He previously held faculty positions at King’s College London (1988–99) and Cardiff University (1999–2006). He has written extensively on English, European and comparative tort law, and compensation for incapacity and is a member of the European Group on Tort Law, the European Law Institute, and the American Law Institute (for which he acted as Adviser on the Restatement Third of Torts: Economic Harm).
MODERATOR
Professor Gary Chan
SMU Yong Pung How School of Law
Gary Chan is Lee Kong Chian Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University. He is currently serving as Vice Provost (Faculty Matters), Singapore Management University. Gary Chan is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Singapore Supreme Court and an Attorney & Counselor-at-law (New York). Prior to joining academia in 2002, he had served as a judicial officer in the Supreme Court of Singapore, and worked as a corporate lawyer and legal counsel. He has received postgraduate degrees in Law, Philosophy and Southeast Asian studies. His main research interests are Tort Law, the Singapore Legal System, Health Law and Ethics. Gary Chan has authored and/or edited books as well as numerous book chapters, journal articles and case notes on the abovementioned research areas and taught several related subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His publications have been cited by the Singapore Court of Appeal, High Court and State Courts.
