Chair
Greg Martin, Principal, Martin Bullock Lawyers
Legal Strategies and Risk Management in Your Contracts
- Using contracts to cap and avoid liability for risks
- How to use contracts to cap or exclude liability: legal do’s and don’ts
- Why capping or excluding liability can be a reasonable thing to do
- Why your contract counterparty might accept a liability cap
- Negotiating exclusion and limitation clauses
Presented by Owen Hayford, Principal, Infralegal, Leading Front End Construction, Infrastructure & Major Projects Lawyers, Doyles’s Guide 2024
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
Presenters
Greg Martin, Principal, Martin Bullock Lawyers
Greg Martin is the principal of the firm Martin Bullock Lawyers and a senior solicitor of 35 years' experience. He has practiced in litigation for the whole of his career, including criminal law, personal injury, family law, wills and estates and extensive commercial litigation. Greg lectures in law at Western Sydney University, lecturing in Contracts, Advanced Torts, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Criminal Law. Greg is passionate about legal education, mentoring and coaching younger lawyers and law students, and approaching legal problems from outside the square to present cost effective and timely solutions for his clients. Greg was formerly an Accredited Specialist with the Law Society of NSW. Greg loves politics, art, and poetry and is eagerly awaiting the next Sydney Swans premiership. Greg is happy to advise you and to answer any of your questions.
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.
