Publications -- Nicholas Rafferty

Books Authored

Stephen G.A. Pitel and Nicholas Rafferty, Conflict of Laws, Toronto, Irwin Law Inc., 2010, xxii and 517 pp.

Books Edited

Nicholas Rafferty (ed.), Law in Transition: A 25 Year Retrospective, Special Issue (volume 32, no. 3), Alberta Law Review, 1994, 212 pp.

Nicholas Rafferty (ed.): Marvin Baer, Joost Blom, Elizabeth Edinger, Nicholas Rafferty, Geneviève Saumier, Catherine Walsh, Private International Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials, Toronto, Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 1996, xxix and 889 pp.

Nicholas Rafferty (ed.): Marvin Baer, Joost Blom, Elizabeth Edinger, Nicholas Rafferty, Geneviève Saumier, Catherine Walsh, Private International Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials, 2^nd edition, Toronto, Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 2003, xxx and 1044 pp.

Nicholas Rafferty (ed.): Joost Blom, Elizabeth Edinger, Stephen G.A. Pitel, Nicholas Rafferty, Geneviève Saumier, Janet Walker, Catherine Walsh, Private International Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials, 3^rd edition, Toronto, Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 2010 xxxiii and 1067 pp.

Articles/Chapters Published in Books

Nicholas Rafferty, "Alberta Contract Law for the Eighties", in Alberta Law for the Eighties, Volume 1, Legal Education Society of Alberta in association with Butterworths (Western Canada), 1978, pp. 1-60.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Alberta Law for the Eighties - The Conflict of Laws", in Alberta Law for the Eighties, Volume 3, Legal Education Society of Alberta in association with Butterworths (Western Canada), 1980, pp. 143-176.

Nicholas Rafferty, "The Buyer's Remedy of Rejection and the Ontario Law Reform Commission's Proposals", in J. Ziegel (ed.), Papers and Comments Delivered at the Ninth Annual Workshop on Commercial and Consumer Law, Toronto, Butterworths, 1981, pp. 199-217.

Nicholas Rafferty, "The Tortious Liability of Professionals to their Contractual Clients", in Freda M. Steel and Sandra Rodgers-Magnet (ed.), Issues in Tort Law, Toronto, Carswell, 1983, pp. 243-263.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Mistake", in The Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (Ontario 3^rd ed.), Volume 21, Calgary, Carswell, 1985, pp. 95-1 - 95-48 and in The Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (Western 3^rd ed.), Volume 22, Calgary, Carswell, 1985, pp. 91-1 - 91-48.

Nicholas Rafferty, "The Recovery of Purely Economic Loss in Negligence: The Province of the Law of Tort?", in The 1988-1989 Isaac Pitblado Lectures on Recent Developments in the Law of Contract and Tort, The Law Society of Manitoba and The Manitoba Bar Association, 1989, pp. 48-74.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Restitution", in The Canadian, Encyclopedic Digest (Ontario 3^rd ed.), Volume 29, Title 127, Calgary, Carswell, 1990, pp. 1-217 and in The Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (Western 3^rd ed.), Volume 30A, Title 128, Calgary, Carswell, 1990, pp. 1-217.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Mistake", in The Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (Ontario 3^rd ed.), Volume 21, Title 95, Calgary, Carswell, 1992, pp. 1-78 and in The Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (Western 3^rd ed.), Volume 22, Title 91, Calgary, Carswell, 1992, pp. 1-78.

Nicholas Rafferty and James A. Rendall, "Interpretation of Contracts: Standard Form Agreements and Exclusion Clauses", in Christine Boyle and David R. Percy (eds.), Contracts: Cases and Commentaries, 5^th edition, Toronto, Carswell, 1994, pp. 441-525.

Nicholas Rafferty, "The Duty of Good Faith in the Negotiation and Performance of Contracts", in Canadian Bar Association, National Legal Symposium and Annual Meeting 1995, 1995, 21 pp.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Chapter One - Introduction", in Nicholas Rafferty (ed.): Marvin Baer, Joost Blom, Elizabeth Edinger, Nicholas Rafferty, Geneviève Saumier, Catherine Walsh, Private International Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials, Toronto, Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 1996, pp. 1-5.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Chapter Fourteen - Transfers of Immovables", in Nicholas Rafferty (ed.): Marvin Baer, Joost Blom, Elizabeth Edinger, Nicholas Rafferty, Geneviève Saumier, Catherine Walsh, Private International Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials, Toronto, Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 1996, pp. 611-645.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Chapter Nineteen - Nullity", in Nicholas Rafferty (ed.): Marvin Baer, Joost Blom, Elizabeth Edinger, Nicholas Rafferty, Geneviève Saumier, Catherine Walsh, Private International Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials, Toronto, Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 1996, pp. 793-806.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Chapter Twenty-One - Matrimonial Property", in Nicholas Rafferty (ed.): Marvin Baer, Joost Blom, Elizabeth Edinger, Nicholas Rafferty, Geneviève Saumier, Catherine Walsh, Private International Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials, Toronto, Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 1996, pp. 861-889.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Economic Loss", in Christopher B. Gray, The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia, New York, Garland Publishing, 1999, pp. 243-244.

Nicholas Rafferty and James A. Rendall, "Standard Form Contracts and Exclusion Clauses", in Christine Boyle and David R. Percy (eds.), Contracts: Cases and Commentaries, 6^th edition, Toronto, Carswell, 1999, pp. 499-581.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Chapter One - Introduction", in Nicholas Rafferty (ed.): Marvin Baer, Joost Blom, Elizabeth Edinger, Nicholas Rafferty, Geneviève Saumier, Catherine Walsh, Private International Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials, 2^nd edition, Toronto, Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 2003, pp. 1-5.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Chapter Fourteen - Immovables", in Nicholas Rafferty (ed.): Marvin Baer, Joost Blom, Elizabeth Edinger, Nicholas Rafferty, Geneviève Saumier, Catherine Walsh, Private International Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials, 2^nd edition, Toronto, Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 2003, pp. 721-761.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Chapter Nineteen - Nullity", in Nicholas Rafferty (ed.): Marvin Baer, Joost Blom, Elizabeth Edinger, Nicholas Rafferty, Geneviève Saumier, Catherine Walsh, Private International Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials, 2^nd edition, Toronto, Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 2003, pp. 935-949.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Chapter Twenty-One - Matrimonial Property", in Nicholas Rafferty (ed.): Marvin Baer, Joost Blom, Elizabeth Edinger, Nicholas Rafferty, Geneviève Saumier, Catherine Walsh, Private International Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials, 2^nd edition, Toronto, Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 2003, pp. 1011-1044.

Nicholas Rafferty and James A. Rendall, "Standard Form Contracts and Exclusion Clauses", in Christine Boyle and David R. Percy (eds.), Contracts: Cases and Commentaries, 7^th edition, Toronto, Carswell, 2004, pp. 493-584.

Nicholas Rafferty and Alice Woolley, "Standard Form Contracts and Exclusion Clauses", in Stephanie Ben-Ishai and David R. Percy (eds.), Contracts: Cases and Commentaries, 8^th edition, Toronto, Carswell, 2009, pp. 461-540.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Chapter One - Introduction", in Nicholas Rafferty (ed.): Joost Blom, Elizabeth Edinger, Stephen G.A. Pitel, Nicholas Rafferty, Geneviève Saumier, Janet Walker, Catherine Walsh, Private International Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials, 3^rd edition, Toronto, Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 2010, pp. 1-5.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Chapter Nineteen - Nullity", in Nicholas Rafferty (ed.): Joost Blom, Elizabeth Edinger, Stephen G.A. Pitel, Nicholas Rafferty, Geneviève Saumier, Janet Walker, Catherine Walsh, Private International Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials, 3^rd edition, Toronto, Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 2010, pp. 963-977.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Chapter Twenty-One - Matrimonial Property", in Nicholas Rafferty (ed.): Joost Blom, Elizabeth Edinger, Stephen G.A. Pitel, Nicholas Rafferty, Geneviève Saumier, Janet Walker, Catherine Walsh, Private International Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text and Materials, 3^rd edition, Toronto, Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd., 2010, pp. 1035-1067

Articles and Comments Published in Refereed/Peer-Reviewed Journals

Nicholas Rafferty, "Domicile - The Need for Reform­" (1977), 7 Manitoba Law Journal 203-215.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Recent Developments in the Law of Contract" (1978), 24 McGill Law Journal 236-276.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Forged Cheques: A Consideration of the Rights and Obligations of Banks and Their Customers" (1980), 4 Canadian Business Law Journal 208-234.

Nicholas Rafferty, "The Element of Wrongful Pressure in a Finding of Duress" (1980), 18 Alberta Law Review 431-457.

Geoffrey England and Nicholas Rafferty, "Contractual Variations: Consideration and Duress" (1980), 18 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 627-638.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Recognition of Foreign Nullity Decrees" (1981-82), 46 Saskatchewan Law Review 73-93.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Tort Liability and the Conflict of Laws" (1982), 19 Canadian Cases on the Law of Torts 247-262.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Concurrent Liability in Contract and Tort: Recovery of Pure Economic Loss and the Effect of Contributory Negli­gence" (1982), 20 Alberta Law Review 357-364.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Matrimonial Property and the Conflict of Laws" (1982), 20 University of Western Ontario Law Review 177-213.

Nicholas Rafferty, "The Impact of Concurrent Liability in Contract and Tortious Negligence upon the Running of Limitation Periods" (1983), 32 University of New Brunswick Law Journal 189-206.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Liability for Pre-Contractual Misstatements" (1984), 14 Manitoba Law Journal 63-93.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Mistaken Tenders: An Examination of the Recent Case Law" (1985), 23 Alberta Law Review 491-502.

Nicholas Rafferty, Book Review of Bruce Feldthusen, Economic Negli­gence (1985), 10 Canadian Business Law Journal 502-508.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Tort Liability of Public Authorities: Anns, Economic Loss and Limitation Periods" (1985), 1 Journal of Professional Negli­gence 121-122.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Recovery in Tort for Purely Economic Loss: Contract Law on the Retreat" (1986), 35 University of New Brunswick Law Journal 111-144.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Limitation and Latent Damage - The Canadian Experience" (1986), 6 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 464-471.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Limitation Periods in Negligence and the Hidden Cause of Action" (1986-87), 12 Canadian Business Law Journal 338-365.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Concurrent Liability and the Running of Limitation Periods" (1987), 3 Journal of Professional Negligence 52-55.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Recovery of Purely Economic Loss in Tort: Some Recent Canadian Decisions" (1987), 3 Journal of Professional Negligence 89-92.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Tai Hing Revisited: Canadian Pacific Hotels Ltd. v. Bank of Montreal" (1987), 3 Journal of Professional Negligence 193-195.

Nigel Bankes and Nicholas Rafferty, "The Liability of Bailees and Sub-Bailees: A Comment on Punch v. Savoy's Jewellers Ltd." (1988), 14 Canadian Business Law Journal 97-110.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 1987-88 Term" (1989), 11 Supreme Court Law Review 115-164.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Duties of Affirmative Action and Contractual Waivers: Crocker v. Sundance Northwest Resorts Ltd." (1989), 5 Journal of Professional Negligence 45-48.

Nicholas Rafferty, "The Effect of Ontario's Gaming Laws on Foreign Gambling Transactions: Boardwalk Regency Corp. v. Maalouf" (1990), 5 Banking and Finance Law Review 233-245.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Recent Canadian Decisions on Contract and Tort Law: The Supreme Court" (1990), 6 Journal of Professional Negligence 124-129.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Recent Canadian Decisions on Contract and Tort Law: The Lower Courts" (1990), 6 Journal of Professional Negligence 191-200.

Nigel Bankes and Nicholas Rafferty, "A Tenant's Remedies for A Landlord's Breach: The Impact of Lehndorff Canadian Pension Properties Ltd. v. Davis Management Ltd." (1990), 24 University of British Columbia Law Review 155-189.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 1988-89 Term" (1990), 1 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 269-323.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Promissory Notes and the Parol Evidence Rule: When Can a Fixed Rate of Interest Float?" (1991), 6 Banking and Finance Law Review 200-213.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Torts - Negligent Misstatement - Recovery of Purely Economic Loss: Caparo Industries p.l.c. v. Dickman; Fletcher v. Manitoba Public Insurance Co." (1991), 70 Canadian Bar Review 381-396.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Tortious Liability in a Contractual Setting: A Canadian Perspective" (1991), 7 Journal of Professional Negligence 156-161.

Nicholas Rafferty and Iwan Saunders, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 1989-90 Term" (1991), 2 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 175-253.

Nicholas Rafferty, Book Review of P.D. Finn (ed.), Essays on Restitution (1992), 20 Canadian Business Law Journal 474-479.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 1990-91 Term" (1992), 3 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 73-119.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Account Verification Agreements: When Can A Bank Protect Itself Against Its Own Negligence?" (1993), 8 Banking and Finance Law Review 403-421.

Nicholas Rafferty, Book Review of J. Beatson, The Use and Abuse of Unjust Enrichment: Essays on the Law of Restitution (1993), 72 Canadian Bar Review 272-276.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Tortious Liability for Purely Economic Loss" (1993), 9 Journal of Professional Negligence 87-92.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 1991-92 Term" (1993), 4 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 329-378.

Nicholas Rafferty, "The Role of the Supreme Court in the Development of a Canadian Law of Restitution" (1994), 32 Alberta Law Review 557-579.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 1992-93 Term" (1994), 5 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 367-419.

Nicolas Rafferty, "The Supreme Court and the Development of Canadian Tort Law" (1994), 10 Journal of Professional Negligence 123-127.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Guarantees: The Defence of Non Est Factum and the Use of the Seal" (1995), 10 Banking and Finance Law Review 247-259.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Liability of Builders to Subsequent Purchasers for Construction Defects" (1995), 11 Journal of Professional Negligence 84-88.

Nicholas Rafferty and Patricia Rowbotham, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 1994-95 Term" (1996), 7 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 157-201.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Winnipeg Condominium v. Bird Construction - Recovery of Purely Economic Loss in the Tort of Negligence: Liability of Builders to Subsequent Purchasers for Construction Defects" (1996), 34 Alberta Law Review 472-484.

Nicholas Rafferty and Patricia Rowbotham, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 1995-96 Term" (1997), 8 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 137-180.

Nigel Bankes and Nicholas Rafferty, "Privity of Bailment - Liability of Sub-Bailee to Owner of Goods: The Pioneer Container" (1997), 28 Canadian Business Law Journal 245-270.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Pure Economic Loss in the Supreme Court - Again" (1997), 13 Journal of Professional Negligence 42-44.

Nicholas Rafferty and Patricia Rowbotham, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 1996-97 Term" (1998), 9 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 187-228.

Nicholas Rafferty and Jonnette Watson Hamilton, "Forged Payees' Endorsements: The Liability of Collecting Banks to Drawers and the Effect of Section 48(4) of the Bills of Exchange Act" (1998), 13 Banking and Finance Law Review 271-295.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Recent Professional Negligence Decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada" (1998), 14 Journal of Professional Negligence 67-74.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Pure Economic Loss in the Supreme Court of Canada - The Final Word?" (1999), 15 Journal of Professional Negligence 13-17.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Contracts Discharged Through Breach: Restitution for Services Rendered by the Innocent Party" (1999), 37 Alberta Law Review 51-72.

Nicholas Rafferty and Patricia Rowbotham, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 1997-98 Term" (1999), 10 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 169-221.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Tortious Liability of Railways: Defences of Statutory Compliance and Statutory Authority" (1999), 44 Canadian Cases on the Law of Torts (Second Series) 55-67.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Damages for Market Losses" (2000), 33 Canadian Business Law Journal 38-74.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 1998-99 Term" (2000), 11 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 183-231.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Privity of Contract - Another ‘Incremental Change' by the Supreme Court of Canada" (2000), 16 Journal of Professional Negligence 67-75.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 1999-2000 Term" (2000), 13 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 125-166.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Tortious and Contractual Liability Arising Out of Pre-Contractual Negotiations and the Tendering Process" (2001), 17 Journal of Professional Negligence 179-189.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 2000-2001 Term" (2001), 15 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 173-212.

Nicholas Rafferty and Jonnette Watson Hamilton, "The Liability in Conversion of a Collecting Bank to the Payee: Is an Endorsement Required to Pass Title to a Cheque?" (2002), 17 Banking and Finance Law Review 395-421.

Nicholas Rafferty, "The Test for the Imposition of a Duty of Care: Elucidation or Obfuscation by the Supreme Court of Canada" (2002), 18 Journal of Professional Negligence 218-228.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 2001-2002 Term" (2002), 18 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 153-201.

Nicholas Rafferty and Jonnette Watson Hamilton, "The Collecting Bank's Liability for Conversion of Cheques" (2003), 19 Banking and Finance Law Review 77-101.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 2002-2003 Term" (2003), 22 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 175-194.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Breach of Statutory Duty and the Tort of Misfeasance in Public Office" (2004), 20 Journal of Professional Negligence 74-87.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 2003-2004 Term" (2004), 26 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 147-213.

Nicholas Rafferty and Jonnette Watson Hamilton, "Is the Collecting Bank now the Insurer of a Cheque's Drawer against Losses Caused by the Fraud of the Drawer's Own Employee?" (2005), 20 Banking and Finance Law Review 427-448.

Nicholas Rafferty, "The Supreme Court's Creation of a Distinct Canadian Tort Law" (2005), 21 Journal of Professional Negligence 176-195.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 2004-2005 Term "(2005), 30 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 183-206.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 2005-2006 Term" (2006), 35 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 81-140.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Damages for Mental Distress for Breach of Contract: A Canadian Perspective" (2007), 23 Journal of Professional Negligence 11-26.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 2006-2007 Term" (2007), 38 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 257-310.

Nicholas Rafferty, "The Canadian Supreme Court's Approach to the Duty Question and the Tort of Negligent Investigation" (2008), 24 Journal of Professional Negligence 78-92.

Nicholas Rafferty and Iwan Saunders, "Developments in Contract and Tort Law: The 2007-2008 Term" (2008), 43 Supreme Court Law Review (Second Series) 137-191.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Duty of Care and Causation in Canadian Tort Law" (2010), 26 Journal of Professional Negligence (29 pages).

 

Other Published Articles and Comments

Nicholas Rafferty, "Annotation: Traders Realty Ltd. v. Sibley" (1982), 20 Alberta Law Reports (Second Series) 378-380.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Annotation: Jeske v. Jeske" (1983), 28 Alberta Law Reports (Second Series) 173-178.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Annotation: Acklands Ltd. v. The Canadian Indemnity Co." (1985), 8 Canadian Cases on the Law of Insurance 164-168.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Annotation: Royal Bank of Canada v. Neher" (1985), 39 Alberta Law Reports (Second Series) 173-174.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Annotation: Davies v. Davies" (1985), 40 Alberta Law Reports (Second Series) 203-204.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Case Comment: Morrison v. McCoy Bros. Group" (1987), 54 Alberta Law Reports (Second Series) 80-84.

Nicholas Rafferty, "The Mistaken Tender Cases: A Comment on Town of Slave Lake v. Appleton Construction Ltd. and Earlier Authorities" (1987), 55 Alberta Law Reports (Second Series) 168-180.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Case Comment: McWhorter v. Registrar, Northern Alberta Land Registration District" (1988), 57 Alberta Law Reports (Second Series) 335-341.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Case Comment: United Oilseed Products Ltd. v. The Royal Bank of Canada" (1988), 60 Alberta Law Reports (Second Series) 202-209.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Annotation: Ataya v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co." (1989), 34 Canadian Cases on the Law of Insurance 308-312.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Limitation Periods in Contract: ‘Once More Unto the Breach'" (1989), 63 Alberta Law Reports (Second Series) 396-400.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Case Comment: Kissack v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Canada Life" (1993), 14 Canadian Cases on the Law of Insurance (Second Series) 44-52.

Invited Conference Papers

Nicholas Rafferty, "The Buyer's Remedy of Rejection: A Commentary on the Proposals of the Ontario Law Reform Commission" - presented at the Ninth Annual Workshop on Commercial and Consumer Law, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, November 1979.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Recovery in Tort for Purely Economic Loss: The Declining Influence of Contract Law" - presented at the Canadian Association of Law Teachers: Torts Conference, Montebello, Quebec, February 1984.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Negligent Misstatement: A Trap for the Unwary Professional?" - presented at the Education Programme for the Tenth Anniversary of the Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, November 1986.                    

Nicholas Rafferty, "Recovery of Purely Economic Loss in Negligence: The Province of the Law of Tort?" - presented at 1988-1989 Isaac Pitblado Lectures for the Law Society of Manitoba, the Manitoba Bar Association and the Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 1989.

Nicholas Rafferty, "The Duty of Good Faith in the Negotiation and Performance of Contracts" - presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Bar Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba, August 1995.

Nicholas Rafferty, "Torts, Contracts and Fiduciary Obligations" - presented at the Education Programme for the Twentieth Anniversary of the Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, September 1997.