Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
Chair
Frank Hicks SC, Greenway Chambers; Leading Construction & Infrastructure Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2024
The Design and Building Practitioners and Residential Apartment Buildings (Compliance and Enforcement Powers) Acts – There’s A New Sheriff in Town: What You Need to Know to Shoot or Stay Out of the Firing Line
- Examine the purpose of the new defect liability regimes under the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (DBPA) and the Residential Apartment Buildings (Compliance and Enforcement Powers) Act 2020 (RAB Act)
- When and how to prosecute a claim under these new defect liability regimes: tips and pitfalls
- Protecting your client’s business and avoiding liability under the DBPA and RAB Act
- Recent decisions on the statutory duty of care under the DBPA
- Recent decisions on the defect rectification regime under the RAB Act
- Where to from here? Looking to future decisions
Presented by Garth Campbell, Barrister, Tenth Floor St James Hall Chambers
Presenters
Garth Campbell, Barrister, Tenth Floor St James Hall Chambers
Garth Campbell is a Sydney-based barrister specialising in building and construction law, general commercial law, equity, software litigation and defamation. Garth was called to the Bar in 2017. He has over 20 years’ experience as a lawyer and is also qualified in science, with a focus on mathematics, computer science and electrical engineering. For 13 years before coming to the bar, Garth worked as a commercial litigation solicitor, working in both private practice and as an in-house solicitor for a multinational construction company. He has advised and acted for a number of major corporate entities, international banks and private clients. He has also acted in a range of general commercial matters in all jurisdictions in NSW, and in the Federal and High Courts of Australia.
Frank Hicks SC, Greenway Chambers
Frank Hicks SC was called to the Bar in 2003 and appointed Senior Counsel in 2017. He is generally briefed in commercial matters, and primarily engaged in technology and construction disputes concerning commercial, industrial and infrastructure projects, and large-scale residential developments. Since 2014, Doyles Guide has ranked Frank as a leading junior counsel in construction law, in both NSW and Australia. Since 2015, he has been identified in the Chambers and Partners Guide, Asia-Pacific as a Band 1 barrister in Australia for construction and infrastructure disputes, described as "a 'go to' barrister for construction and engineering disputes", having "a clear analytical approach to construction issues", and "a popular choice for construction and technology disputes and offers experience in a range of forums.
