Contemporary Contract Law Issues
Issues covered include: COVID-19, force majeure, frustration, quantum remuit, common law damages
Description
With the outbreak of COVID-19 many companies now face the inability to perform their contractual obligations. What does this mean for your clients and what contractual provisions are available to protect them from the obvious fall out. What contractual provisions may now be relied upon to deal with this inability? This session will also deal with the latest decision of the High Court on the scope of quantum meruit.
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This session will deal with the following topics
- The construction and interpretation of force majeure clauses and their interaction with the doctrine of frustration of contract
- The remedy of quantum meruit and its relationship with a claim for common law damages
Presented by Jeffrey Goldberger, Special Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright
Jeffrey Goldberger is contract law specialist with over 25 years' experience in the Australian legal sector who is a recognised authority on Australian contract law. His ability to articulate the application of contract law in a practical and commercial way is widely known and highly regarded nationally. Jeffrey formerly lectured in contract law, commercial law and private international law at the University of Sydney Law School. He’s worked with clients in both the public and private sectors. Jeffrey has presented papers on Australian and English contract law at numerous conference and seminars throughout Australia and the United Kingdom. Jeffrey has extensive experience and expertise in the negotiation and resolution of complex contractual issues.
Testimonials
”Mr Goldberger is a very polished performer/instructor who makes a very technical subject matter so much easier to understand. Excellent. Please keep this one as an annual presentation.”
“Absolutely flawless. An expert in his field.” “Superb lucid delivery and deep knowledge. Very instructive and a pleasure to listen to.”
“Very comprehensive and clear paper; more than academic, can see the application.”
“First time in a long time where a CLE has addressed current law. Excellent and highly educational”