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Compulsive Gambling and the Audacity of Hope - Lessons learned from Major Project Construction Insolvencies in Australia
SoCLA National Conference video presentation by Veno Panicker and Elena Stojcevski
Co-parenting the problem project: surviving a JV marriage in the post-Covid era
SoCLA 2024 Conference video presentation by Lucy Zimdahl and Kon Nakousis
Perfect dispute resolution clauses, another fairy tale, or a nudge in the right direction?
SoCLA National Conference paper by Sam Botterill and Sarsha Lloyd-Provis
2024 Brooking Prize Presentation
SoCLA 2024 National Conference presentation by the winners of the 2024 Brooking Prize - Dr Jessica Viven-Wilksch and Associate Professor Jeremy Coggins
Early Contractor Involvement - A Practitioners View
SoCLA 2024 National Conference paper by Dr Stephen Callaghan
A duty of care to prevent pure economic loss in building defect cases: Is legislative reform the answer?
A highly commended paper in the 2023 Brooking Student Prize.
Now published at (2024) 218 Australian Construction Law Newsletter 6
The challenge to timely completion of underground works: A discussion on the use of contractual techniques to mitigate exposure to delays
A commended paper in the 2023 Brooking Student Prize.
Delay Analysis – Prospective, Retrospective and the Bwllfa Rationale
A commended paper in the 2023 Brooking Prize.
Unravelling Complexity: Towards a More Accessible Adjudication Process for Low-Value Claims
A commended paper in the 2023 Brooking Prize.
Now published at Const. L.J. 2024, 40(7), 421-435.
Is there a compelling case for a prescribed Construction Code of Conduct to help correct market failure in the commercial sector of the Australian construction industry?
Winner of the 2023 Brooking Prize
(now published at (2024) 39(4) Building and Construction Law 368)