Building & Construction

Contract Law Conference

Issues covered include: unsigned contracts, dispute resolution, ipso facto clauses, insolvency, common law rights to terminate, risk, limitation of liability, indemnities, unfair terms, unconscionable conduct, cross-jurisdictional contracts, variation

Building and Construction Forum: New Law, New Disputes, New Claims

Issues covered include: defects, bonds, cladding, delay, disruption, work orders, fitness for purpose, project procurement, insolvency, ipso facto regime, consumer law

Building and Construction Update

Issues covered include: Case update, valuation of quantum meruit claims, appeal an arbitral award, Indemnity Clauses and a Carve Out for Proportionate Liability, Delay and Disruption, Insolvency Reforms, the PPSA and the ‘Fiocco’ Report, Security of paymenet for subcontractors, Arbitration, Construction and infrastructure disputes.

Building and Construction Disputes & Risk Management

Issues covered include: Construction disputes, building award, underpayments, accessorial liability, insolvency, ipso facto, extensions of time, time bars, concurrent delay, construction insurance

Building and Construction Disputes Deep Dive

Issues covered include: building and construction cases, security of payment, Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act, project bank accounts, jurisdictional error, building projects, construction projects, international partners, international dispute resolution, arbitration, dispute resolution in building and construction, mediation, delay claims, construction disputes

Contract Law Conference: Risk Management

Issues covered include: contractual warranties, contractual indemnities, insurance contracts, arbitration clauses, binding arbitration agreements, contracting in the digital age, digital footprints, limitation of liability, Australian consumer law, proportionate liability regimes, ethical considerations, contract drafting, contract tendering, contract negotiation, block chain, smart contracts, multi-party agreements, privacy, cybersecurity

Contract Law Essentials: Avoiding Risk

Issues covered include: rectification and variation, drafting contracts, heads of agreement, pre-contractual representations, dispute resolution clauses

NCAT Consumer and Commercial Division: Practice and Procedure

Issues covered include: jurisdiction, appeals, strata disputes, Home Building Act, costs

Contract Law Conference: Risk Management Melbourne

Building and Construction Law: Liability and Risk

Sometimes it seems easier to ask what can’t go wrong in a construction project than to fathom the myriad ways everything can fall to pieces for your clients or your organisation. But regardless of whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist, you must be prepared to avoid or manage risk at every turn. And when things do go wrong, it’s essential that you’re across the latest in defects, economic loss, Security of Payment issues, critical new case law and more.

9th Annual Asbestos and Related Diseases

There are countless variables in any asbestos or related disease matter involving a range of perspectives that you must know inside and out. Gain a firm grasp of each of these perspectives by going right to the source and hearing from the Honourable Judge Russell, Icare, leading legal experts, and eminent respiratory physician. Join them as they examine new legislation and procedures, the latest compensation claims, critical new medical issues and more.

Building and Construction Law Conference

Between the ever changing fortunes of the property market and a building and construction industry that by its very nature gives rise to a broad range of legal issues, you need to stay up to date the latest legal developments. Hear firsthand from the County Court and join our experienced panel of barristers and legal practitioners as they detail the most current and best strategies, practices and procedures to navigate a changing sector.

Building Disputes and the Home Building Act

As a consequence of NSW’s Government significant investment in metropolitan and regional infrastructure to support growth and new measures designed to improve housing affordability, residential building across NSW has surged. This useful seminar brings together renowned experts in the residential building field to provide a timely update on the Home Building Act as it applies to building disputes involving residential building work in NSW.

Construction Law: Strategies for When it Goes Wrong

Issues covered include: critical incidents, bankruptcy, insolvency, liability, combustible cladding, reforms, security of payment laws

Construction Law Symposium - Recorded in March 2020, NSW

Issues covered include: latest cases, negligence, security of payment, damages, appeals, jurisdictional error, litigation issues, warranty claims, quantum meruit

Construction Law: Major Issues, Key Insights

Issues covered include: security of payment, construction contracts, building defects, cladding, construction disputes, quantum meruit, litigation funding, construction claims

Law for Architects: Contracts, Costs and Risk

Issues covered include: Costs Blowout Liabilities for Architects, Cladding and Non-Conforming Materials: liability and risk, Payment Disputes for Architects

Building and Construction Update

Issues covered include: Construction Contracts Act, Drafting Arbitration Agreements, Construction Consultancy Agreements, Major Developments in Quantum Meruit

Building and Construction Roundup

Issues covered include: Security of Payment, Quantum Meruit, Mann v Patterson Constructions, Domestic Building Contracts, Construction Contracts, rectification

Law for Architects: Contracts, Planning & Disputes

Issues covered include: Construction certificates, Occupation certificates, Architect SEP 65 Verification Statement, Design and Building Practitioners Bill 2019, regulated design, Building and Construction (Security of Payment) Act, adjudication, Role as Superintendent, agent of the principal, exercising independent discretion