This is the ppt presentation to Members.
The Construction Contracts Amendment Bill awaits its third reading. As drafted, it significantly broadens the scope of the CCA, most notably widening the definition of construction work to include design, engineering and quantity surveying work; abandoning most distinctions between commercial and residential construction contracts; and providing for binding determinations regarding rights and obligations (in addition to payment obligations). The speakers will discuss the proposed changes, including the following questions:
- Have the implications of these changes been properly considered and understood?
- What are the policy drivers behind these changes?
- What do the changes mean for consultants, their professional indemnity insurers and other stakeholders in the industry?
We are fortunate to have as our speakers John McKay and John Bierre both senior partners of their respective law firms and specialists in their fields of commercial litigation and construction and insurance law.