Description
Attend and earn 0.8 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
9.00am to 9.45am Using Contracts to Cap and Avoid Liability for Uncommercial Risks
- Why capping or excluding liability can be a reasonable thing to do
- Why your contract counterparty might accept a liability cap
- How to use contracts to cap or exclude liability: legal do’s and don’ts
- Negotiating exclusion and limitation clauses
Presented by Owen Hayford, Principal, Infralegal, Leading Front End Construction, Infrastructure & Major Projects Lawyers, Doyle’s Guide 2023
Presenters
Owen Hayford, Principal, Infralegal
Owen has over 25 years experience advising on contracts, with a focus on infrastructure projects. Owen commenced his legal career at Clayton Utz, where he became a senior partner. He also led the infrastructure teams at PwC Legal and DLA Piper before graduating from the Big Firm model to establish Infralegal. Infralegal’s business model allows Owen to specialise in providing strategic legal and commercial advice without the overheads and constraints associated with the BigLaw business model. Owen has drafted and negotiated more clauses that limit or exclude liability than he cares to remember. He brings technical understanding to this topic, seasoned with commerciality.
