Re-examine the building blocks of your practice – contracts. Examine everything from the new Unfair Contracts term reforms to the myriad of clauses required to minimise and allocate risk including the current concern of cyber risk allocation in contracts. Gain valuable insights into contract termination, an in-depth damages analysis and practical tips for resolving contract disputes through arbitration. Join us to learn from top legal minds and conquer the complexities from drafting through to dispute resolution. 243Q04

Presenters

Dr Anne Fitzgerald, Barrister, Dr Anne Fitzgerald
Dr Anne Fitzgerald is a Barrister (Queensland and Tasmania), who has practised, taught and researched in the areas of intellectual property law, internet/e-commerce law, technology and the law and international law. She has worked as a senior legal academic, in private and public sector legal practices and as an adviser to government. Anne has a JSD degree from Columbia University, New York (2002), a LLM degree from Columbia University (1992) and a LLM (International Business Law) from the University of London (1989). She graduated with a LLB(Hons) from the University of Tasmania and was Associate to the (then) Chief Justice (and later Governor) of Tasmania, Sir Guy Green. She has held academic appointments at several Australian universities and has presented conference papers, guest lectures and seminars worldwide. Until 2014 Anne held an appointment as Professor of Law at QUT Law Faculty where she took a leading role in landmark research projects and supervised several PhD candidates. At QUT, Anne was a member of the team that inaugurated the WIPO-QUT IP Masters in 2010 and was responsible for the Patent Law & Biotechnological Inventions course in the WIPO program. In 2012 and 2013 Anne led QUT Law School's Intellectual Property and Innovation Law research program. Anne has been a member of Australia's two principal federal government-appointed standing advisory committees on intellectual property: the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) and the Copyright Law Review Committee's Expert Advisory Group. She was a consultant to the review of Australia's innovation system (Venturous Australia: Building strength in innovation (2008)) and was commissioned Government 2.0 Taskforce to write a report on copyright (Engage: Getting on with Government 2.0 (2009)). From 2005 Anne was the legal lead on projects that modelled and implemented systems for the application of Creative Commons licences to government copyright materials (public sector information) and publicly-funded research outcomes (such as journal articles and data). From 2007 to 2014 Anne was the project lead for Creative Commons Australia's engagement with the Australian public sector and played a central role in the work that resulted in Creative Commons licences being adopted as the default copyright licence by the Australian federal government in 2010, followed by other Australian State governments. Anne has published extensively in her fields of expertise. Her most recent publication is Intellectual Property: Principles and Practice (with D Eliades and R Olwan), Thomson Reuters, Sydney, 2022. Other recent publications include: Introduction to Intellectual Property, (with D Eliades), Thomson Reuters, Sydney, 2015; Intellectual Property Law (Nutshell series), (with D Eliades), Thomson Reuters, Sydney, 4th ed, 2015; Internet and E-Commerce Law, Business and Policy (with Brian Fitzgerald and others), Thomson Reuters, Sydney, 2011.


Ms. Karyn Reardon, Partner, Piper Alderman
Karyn Reardon has specialised in the resolution of large construction and engineering disputes since 1995. She has successfully facilitated the commercial resolution of a wide range of disputes using a variety of processes (including traditional court processes, arbitration, adjudication, mediation and others). As well as drafting and reviewing project documentation, Karyn regularly advises members of the construction and engineering industries on how legislative and other changes will affect their business. She has first-hand experience in the construction industry, having worked for one of Australasia’s largest rural construction companies. Karyn regularly delivers papers to construction industry bodies and at alternative dispute resolution forums. She has teaching experience with the Queensland University of Technology and has conducted onsite training for corporate and government clients. She is a graded arbitrator and an accredited mediator.


Mr Mark Martin KC, Barrister-at -Law, Level 10 Inns of Court
Martin KC practices in the following areas: commercial, property, insolvency, intellectual property and defamation. He was admitted as barrister in 1987 and Queen's Counsel in 2013. He is Honorary Counsel for the Queensland Reds and Wallabies. Mark is married with 4 children; boys aged 32, 31 and 27 and a girl aged 24. His interests include mountain bike riding and snow skiing.


Mr. John Swinson, Professor - School of Law, The University of Queensland
John is course coordinator for Privacy Law and Business in a Borderless World. John also teaches cybersecurity law, Internet law, information technology law, copyright law, and AI law. John Swinson is a former barrister and former partner of a major international law firm and has 30 years of law firm experience in NY and Australia, with principle focus on technology law and intellectual property law. Currently, he is principal of boutique law firm Pie Legal. After graduating from UQ with computer science and law degrees, John continued to Harvard Law School as a Fulbright and Frank Knox Scholar where he received a Masters of Law. Barak Obama was a member of his graduating class. John passed the NY bar examination and practiced technology law as an attorney in NY State. John is a past President of the Australian Fulbright Alumni Association and was Chair of the auDA Policy Review Panel to introduce the new .au domain name space in Australia. Since 2000, John has been an arbitrator for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO, which is a United Nations organisation based in Geneva) under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and au Dispute Resolution Policy (auDRP). John has decided over 680 domain name disputes.


Erika Williams FCIArb, Independent Arbitrator, Williams Arbitration
Erika Williams is a leading international arbitration practitioner with significant experience acting in some of Australia’s largest disputes resolved through arbitration. Erika is experienced in commercial, construction and investment arbitration and has acted in arbitrations under a variety of arbitral institutions. Erika sits as arbitrator and tribunal secretary and is on the arbitrator panels of leading arbitral institutions including the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration plus many more. Erika has been listed as a leading arbitration lawyer in Australia in Doyles Guide for the last three years and was recognised as the Arbitration Practitioner of the Year at the Australian ADR Awards 2021.


Mr. Greg Richards, Partner, Mills Oakley
Greg Richards is a partner in the Building, Construction and Infrastructure group of Mills Oakley in Brisbane. With nearly 30 years’ experience in legal practice, he is highly experienced in litigation and other forms of dispute resolution. Greg has acted for principals, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, insurers and liquidators giving him a unique perspective on disputes in the construction industry and an understanding of the key drivers and concerns of different parties. Greg uses legal processes to full effect to achieve strategic outcomes for clients. Greg has been described in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as ‘one of the best in the Brisbane market’ and as ‘detailed, easy to work with.