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David and Goliath - Subcontractors and Time Bars
A highly commended paper in the Brooking Student Prize 2024
The Prevention Principle and Time Bars
A commended paper in the 2024 Brooking Prize by Ian Thorpe.
Multi-party and multi-contract arbitrations in Australia: a perennial problem in disputes involving major projects
The winner of the 2024 Brooking Prize by Cara North and Eleanor Clifford.
The arbitration jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Australia
Paper presented by The Hon Justice Angus Stewart, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia.
This paper was presented in person in Sydney and streamed to venues in other capital cities at a seminar of the Society of Construction Law Australia on 17 September 2024.
2024 SoCLA Chair's Report
Report of Ben Davidson, SoCLA Chair, for the 2024 Annual General Meeting to be held on 21 August 2024.
2024 SoCLA Notice of Annual General Meeting
SoCLA 2024 Notice of Annual General Meeting.
Construction Casualties – How the interplay between insolvency and construction professionals is the path forward for companies in distress and what can be done to avoid insolvencies.
SoCLA 2024 National Conference video presentation by Tommy Wakefield Smith and Kelly Trenfield
The relationship between Security of Payment Laws and Insolvency.
SoCLA National Conference paper by Michael Christie SC and David Hume
Charging ahead: can contractual incentives amp up Australia's energy transition?
SoCLA 2024 National Conference video presentation by Allison van Beers and Chris Settle