The NSW Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Malago Pty Ltd v AW Ellis Engineering Pty Ltd [2012] NSWCA 227 has once again demonstrated the willingness of courts to give effect to commercial contracts and its reluctance to hold commercial contracts void for uncertainty. The issue in the case was whether the Heads of Agreement entered into...Read More

1. Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020(NSW) and draft regulations; 2. Residential Apartment Buildings (Compliance and Enforcement Powers) Act 2020 (NSW) Handout pillar 1 regulatory reforms – laina chan bar cpd 9 march 2021 from Laina Chan Package of NSW Regulatory Reforms to Raise Consumer Confidence in Residential Apartment Buildings – Pillar 1 Slides can...Read More

A detailed paper on the subject has been published in [2018] 34 BCL 378 and may be downloaded here.Read More

Mediation, Adjudication and Arbitration – What gets the job done? from Laina Powerpoint for the talks presented at the Thomsen Reuters Building and Construction Law Conference in Sydney and Brisbane in November 2018  on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Construction Project may be viewed here as well.Read More

Doing deals and avoiding squeals from Laina Powerpoint for talk presented in Chicago at the 2018 International Society of Construction Law conference on Doing Deals and Avoiding Squeals, the successful delivery of infrastructure projects may be viewed here as well.Read More

Powerpoint to accompany the first of a series of chatz between Ian Bailey SC and Laina, the video may be viewed at https://youtu.be/TVVSSbLUm0gRead More