Construction Law: Strategies for When it Goes Wrong
Issues covered include: critical incidents, bankruptcy, insolvency, liability, combustible cladding, reforms, security of payment laws
Description
The current construction sector is brimming with potential risk and real conflicts. From the threat of insolvency to disputes over liability for safety issues and building materials to the latest security of payment developments, there’s a lot to keep up with if you want to avoid risk and messy disputes. Attend and leave prepared to avoid costly conflict and maintain the upper hand when disputes arise. Don’t be caught out. Prepare ahead.
Attend and earn 4 CPD hours in Substantive Law
This seminar was recorded in NSW on 5 September 2019
Chair: Michelle Painter SC, Ninth Floor Selborne Chambers; Recommended Wills & Estates Litigation Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2018
9.00am to 10.00am: How to Manage a Critical Incident: Managing the Investigation to Ensure Rights are Protected
- Analysing the principal contractor’s role and obligations
- Joint responsibility: what you need to know
- Scaffolding issues you must have on your radar
- Safety risks within a construction site
- Critical incident response
- Recent court decisions in managing contractors safety
Presented by Greg McCann, Partner, Colin Biggers & Paisley Lawyers; Recommended Workplace Health & Safety Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019; Best Lawyers 2019, Occupational Health & Safety Law
10.00am to 11.00am: Bankruptcy/Insolvency: How it Impacts Your Organisation or Your Clients
- Restructuring options for builders/suppliers: getting it right
- Issues around licencing you can’t afford to overlook
Presented by Andre Lakomy, Partner, Cor Cordis and Tom Cranfield, Director, CC Property Advisory
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm: Navigating the Web of Liability: Lessons from the Combustible Cladding and Opal Tower Crises and an Update on Reforms
- Sources of liability and how they affect building industry professionals (e.g. builders, developers, architects, certifiers, engineers)
- Grenfell, Lacrosse and the combustible cladding problem explained
- Opal Tower: the issues and lessons learnt
- How did we allow this to happen? The building regulation problem exposed
- State of play: the response from state governments, councils and the industry
- New legislation: what you need to do to comply
- Lessons and tips for industry
Presented by Scott Higgins, Partner and Carlo Garofali, Consultant, Mills Oakley
12.15pm to 1.15pm: The Commonwealth Review of Security of Payment Laws: Where we Stand and the Practicalities You Need to Know
- The main recommendations of the Commonwealth Review
- Harmonisation of Security of Payment laws
- Commonwealth initiatives
- State by State initiatives/round-up
- Deemed statutory trusts
- Recent case law in Security of Payment: the impact of the latest cases
- Be prepared: where the security of payment landscape may stand over the coming year
Presented by John Murray AM, National Review of Security of Payment Laws
Venue
Cliftons Sydney
Level 3, 10 Spring Street
Sydney 2000
NSW
Australia
Directions
Nearby Public Transport:
Train Stations - Wynyard 400m OR Martin Place 500m
Bus Interchange - Clarence Street 450m
Ferry - Circular Quay 1.2km
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