The prevention principle and extending the contractual date for completion – has the older jurisprudence been overturned or overlooked?
A commended paper in the 2025 Brooking Prize by Ian Thorpe.
The prevention principle, certainty and equity of outcomes and the unilateral power to extend time.
A commended entry in the 2025 Brooking Prize by Ian Thorpe.
Construction Contracts and Sustainability Goals: Front-End and Back-End Issues
A highly commended entry in the 2025 Brooking Prize by Jacob G Warren.
Victoria’s clean-up duty for legacy land contamination : Will the new General Environmental Duty help to unearth ground risk for construction contractors?
A highly commended paper in The Brooking Prize 2024 by Joanne Bourke.
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.
David and Goliath - Subcontractors and Time Bars
A highly commended paper in the Brooking Student Prize 2024
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).
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).
The approach to Delay Analysis: Well, what does the contract say?
A highly commended paper in the 2023 Brooking Prize.
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)