Ben Hayward

Assoc Professor

  • Monash University Caulfield Campus, 900 Dandenong Road, Building S, Level 4, Room S4.17

    3145 Caulfield East, VIC

Accepting PhD Students

20092021

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Biography

Dr. Benjamin Hayward is a legal academic working in the Department of Business Law and Taxation at the Monash Business School, Monash University. Dr. Hayward completed his PhD studies relating to private international law in international commercial arbitration in the Faculty of Law at Monash University - with his research now published by Oxford University Press (in the Oxford Private International Law Series) as 'Conflict of Laws and Arbitral Discretion: The Closest Connection Test'. Dr. Hayward is admitted to practice as an Australian Lawyer in the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Dr. Hayward has published on a range of private law and public law topics in Australian and international journals, and has presented his research at conferences in Australia and beyond. Dr. Hayward has also given guest lectures on topics relating to his teaching and research interests at Australian universities, and was recognised by the award of the Monash Business School's 2020 Dean's Award for Excellence in Research by an Early Career Researcher. Dr. Hayward is currently General Editor of The ACICA Review, a biannual publication of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration.

Research interests

Dr. Hayward's research interests lie in private international law, the international sale of goods, international commercial arbitration, and Australian contract, commercial, sales, and consumer law. His teaching at the Monash Business School helps students understand the law's importance for work in a variety of business disciplines. Dr Hayward's teaching interests lie in Australian contract, commercial, sales, and consumer law, international commercial law, statutory interpretation, the doctrine of precedent, and mooting (and other legal skills). Dr. Hayward is a co-director of the International Trade and International Commercial Law research group, and is a member of both the Corporate Law, Organisation and Litigation research group and the Asia-Pacific Regulation Research Group in the Department of Business Law and Taxation, as well as the Commercial Disputes Group in the Faculty of Law.

Supervision interests

Dr. Hayward is interested in supervising HDR students in areas relating to private international law, the international sale of goods, and international commercial arbitration.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Research area keywords

  • private international law
  • commercial law
  • consumer law
  • contract law
  • sales law
  • international sale of goods
  • arbitration law
  • international commercial arbitration
  • domestic commercial arbitration
  • commercial arbitration

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