Building and Construction Update
Issues covered include: Construction Contracts Act, Drafting Arbitration Agreements, Construction Consultancy Agreements, Major Developments in Quantum Meruit
Description
Hear the latest updates affecting the construction sector including recent developments relating to the Construction Contracts Act. Leave with an expanded knowledge of construction consultancy agreements as well as practical skills in drafting arbitration agreements. Take a look at the major developments in Quantum Meruit and how they can impact your practice. You won’t want to miss this carefully curated roundup of construction law presentations.
Attend and earn 4 CPD Points in Competency Area 4: Substantive Law
Chair: Adrienne Parker, Partner, Pinsent Masons; Leading Front End Construction & Infrastructure Lawyer and Recommended Construction & Infrastructure Litigation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
9.00am to 10.00am: Recent Developments Relating to the Construction Contracts Act
- Overview of the Act
- Rapid adjudication process
- Prohibited terms and implied terms
- Recent authorities relating to the Act
Presented by Anthony Prime, Director, MDS Legal
10.00am to 11.00am: Drafting Arbitration Agreements
- Scope of disputes within an agreement to arbitrate
- Choice of seat and rules of arbitration
- Arbitrability of proportionate liability claims
- Enforcement of arbitral awards
Presented by James Healy, Barrister and Arbitrator, Francis Burt Chambers: Vice President of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Australia; Leading Insolvency & Restructuring Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019; Best Lawyers 2020, Construction/Infrastructure Law, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, International Arbitration, Litigation
11.00am to 11.15am: Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm: Construction Consultancy Agreements
- How do consultancy agreements differ from construction contracts?
- Risks and liabilities arising from consultancy agreements
- Consultant's liability learnt from the VCAT decision in the Lacrosse tower fire
- Future changes to consultancy agreements
Presented by Paul Wellington, Architect, Solicitor, Arbitrator
12.15pm to 1.15pm: Major Developments in Quantum Meruit
- Analysis of Mann v Patterson Constructions covering issues including:
- The contract and the restitutionary remedy
- The method of determining the amount due (cost vs value)
Presented by Juliana Jorissen, Partner; Recommended Arbitration Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019 and Minoshi De Silva, Special Counsel, King & Wood Mallesons
Venue
Mercure Perth
Level 1, 10 Irwin St
Perth 6000
WA
Australia