Speaker details

IBA Annual Conference Copenhagen 2026

4 Oct - 9 Oct 2026

Bella Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Speaker information

Janet Walker CM

Biography

JANET WALKER CM, CArb, is an independent arbitrator practising from Toronto, London, and Atkin Chambers. For 25 years, she has served in ad hoc and administered commercial and treaty and arbitrations in many seats. She is an ICP officer and co-director of the Osgoode PD LLM in Construction Law. She is a distinguished research professor and past Associate Dean at Osgoode Hall Law School; and she authors the main text in private international law in Canada, and many other texts and publications. For more, see www. janet-walker.com

Session

Defect notification period obligations: regulatory frameworks, transfer of rights to subsequent owners, direct claims against sub-contractors and decennial liability

Monday 5 October (1430 - 1545)

Moderator

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