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Providing a safe harbour for insolvent contractors – a proposal for Commonwealth reform to divergent security of payment legislation
A commended paper in the Brooking Prize 2020 by Christopher Hibbard and Sean Kelly.
Will COVID-19 cure the poor health of the Australian Construction Industry?
A commended paper in the Brooking Prize 2020 by Kiri Parr and Kevin Pascoe.
Now published at (2021) 197 ACLN 16.
Construction disputes after COVID-19 – jaw-jaw or war-war?
A commended paper in the 2020 Brooking Prize by Dr Donald Charrett. (Now published at (2020) 193 ACLN 6)
In which payment trust should the Australian construction industry place its trust?
A commended paper in the Brooking Prize 2020 by Bianca Teng and Dr Jeremy Coggins.
Now published at Insolvency Law Journal, 2020, Vol 28 (3), 113
The Duty to Warn and The Combustible Cladding Crisis
A commended paper in the Brooking Prize 2020 by Owen Hayford.
(now published at (2021) 36 Building and Construction Law 332)
The Successful Delivery of Infrastructure Projects - Fantasy or an Achievable Reality?
A commended paper in the Brooking Prize 2020 by Laina Chan.
Security of Payment Laws: Singing in the same key, if not from the same songbook
A commended paper in the 2020 Brooking Student Prize by Andrew Serb.
Should parent companies be primarily liable to pay on demand for the acts of their contractor subsidiaries?
A commended paper in the 2020 Brooking Prize by Tina Funge.
Confusion reigns? The effectiveness of contractual provisions which seek to limit liability under the Australian Consumer Law
A highly commended paper in the 2020 Brooking Prize by Joshua Bridgett.
For Fetter Or Worse: The Fettering Doctrine And Government Building Contracts
Winner of the 2020 Brooking Prize by Paul Tamburro
(Now published at (2021) 36 Building and Construction Law 433)