16 March 2010
Welcome to the March edition of Projects Insights, in which we'll look at:
By Owen Hayford and Audrey Echevarria.
There's been a lot of debate about whether you can avoid a proportionate liability scheme by referring disputes to arbitration, but a clear answer might just have been provided, as Owen Hayford and Audrey Echevarria explain.
By Jonathan McTigue and Paul Trewartha.
Jonathan McTigue and Paul Trewartha round up the latest developments in security of payment laws across the country.
By Cate Greene.
Does your exclusion clause in your Requests for Proposals do what you want it to do? Maybe not, as Cate Greene shows.
By Owen Hayford and Robyn Metledge.
Owen Hayford and Robyn Metledge tease out the implications of the recent report by four State Treasuries, "In Pursuit of Additional Value: A benchmarking study into alliancing in the Australian Public Sector".
By Doug Jones and Julia Dreosti.
International arbitration is still something of a mystery, especially to those it could benefit the most. Doug Jones and Julia Dreosti discuss why international commercial arbitration is gaining in popularity.
By Frazer Moss and Logan Campbell.
Frazer Moss and Logan Campbell look at a recent court decision in Victoria and what it means for your expert determination clause.
A Clayton Utz team led by Melbourne-based Major Projects Partners Marko Misko, Naomi Kelly and Dan Fitts provided strategic legal and commercial advice to the Victorian Government on the recently closed Peninsula Link Project.
After many years working in Asia, we've decided to make the arrangement a little bit more permanent, with the opening of a new office in Hong Kong.
