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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.
Third Party Losses on Building Contracts: Should the Panatown Principle be accepted into Australian Law?
A highly commended paper in the 2023 Brooking Prize.
(now published at (2024) 217 Australian Construction Law Newsletter 6).
Weaning Off Expert Witnesses: The Case for Single, Independent Experts in Australian Construction Disputes
A highly commended entry in the 2023 Brooking Student Prize.
(now published at (2024) 216 Australian Construction Law Newsletter 32).
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)