The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance of the University of Luxembourg is pleased to invite you to a conference on: Breach of Contract: Common law versus Civil law? Case Studies from a Comparative Law Perspective. Right of Termination v. Bonne foi?: Union Eagle Ltd v Golden Achievement Ltd [1997] AC 514 Privy Council (1997) Damages v. Exécution en nature?: Ruxley Electronics & Construction Ltd v Forsyth [1996] AC 344 House of Lords (1995) John Cartwright ¦ Professor of the law of Contract, University of Oxford Pascal Ancel and Elise Poillot ¦ Professors in Civil law, University of Luxembourg Abstract Contracts are made to be performed. Both Common law and Civil law legal systems work from this same principle. But what happens when the parties fail to perform their obligations? From the two court decisions mentioned above – one from the House of Lords and the other from the Privy Council – this workshop intends to analyse the different approaches taken by Common law and Civil law in an attempt to understand how and why the answers to the questions presented can vary. The two cases address, respectively, the right of termination and the amount of damages the injured party may receive for breach of contract. Professor John Cartwright, who selected these two cases to help showcase the similar and dissimilar aspects of the Common Law and Civil Law approaches, will first present them and then will discuss them with Professors Pascal Ancel and Elise Poillot, who will consider them from a Civil law perspective. Tuesday, 01 April 2014 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm Location University of Luxembourg Weicker Building Meeting room C 016 (ground floor) 4, rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg Language English and French Registration - by e-mail to fdef-colloques@uni.lu (specifying name and institution) - Free conference Contact Nadja Risch Tel: +352 46 66 44 6619