Managing Risk: Insurance, Indemnities, Warranties, & Limitation of Liability
Gain the strategies you need to minimise risk in your contracts with this in-depth guide to some of the most vital tools you can use to mitigate risk for your organisation. Understand how insurance obligations impact contracts. Consider the role of indemnities in contracting and how to limit liability. Perfect your contract drafting strategies while minimising risk. WEB2110N05D
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Managing Risk: Insurance, Indemnities, Warranties, & Limitation of Liability
An analysis of risk management strategies and contractual mechanisms, with a specific focus on:
- Insurance: Insurance obligations in contracts and the relationship between upstream and downstream obligations
- Indemnities: The key differences between common law and contractual indemnities and under statute
- Indemnities: the benefits and limitations of a contractual indemnity
- Liability: a general explanation of contingent liabilities
- Limitation of liability: an examination of limitation of liabilities
Presented by Peter Yeldham, Partner and Emma White, Senior Associate, King & Wood Mallesons
Presenters
Peter Yeldham, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
Peter is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution group in the Sydney office of King & Wood Mallesons, with expertise in insurance advice and disputes, commercial real estate disputes, and general commercial litigation. In his insurance practice, Peter provides policy response advice and claims support (including litigation, if required) in relation to a range of insurance claims (including claims made under Professional Indemnity, Directors & Officers, Statutory Liability, W&I, cyber, Contract Works insurance, and Industrial Special Risks policies). The bulk of Peter’s experience has been in the professional indemnity space, often advising other professional services firms.
Emma White, Senior Associate, King & Wood Mallesons
Emma White is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution group in the Sydney office of King & Wood Mallesons, where she specialises in insurance advisory and disputes on behalf of policyholders, complex commercial litigation, and defending professional negligence claims brought against some of Australia’s largest law firms. Emma’s primary area of practice is acting for principal contractors on major civil works and infrastructure projects in the construction industry in respect of significant insurance claims for material damage and delay (including claims preparation and submission, providing advice on the terms and scope of policies, and acting on any subsequent disputes with insurers).