This packed lunchtime session is the perfect opportunity to catch up on Victoria’s biggest building law reform in years. 1 July has passed, and the Building Legislation Amendment (Buyer Protections) Act 2025 is now in effect. Learn to navigate new regulatory powers, expanded consumer protections, stricter insurance requirements, and heightened enforcement risks affecting your clients’ projects and legal strategies….and you don’t need to commit to a full or half-day seminar to get these essential updates.

Presenters

Megan Calder, Principal, Construction Legal
She has over 20 years’ experience as an infrastructure and construction lawyer practising in all areas ranging from contract drafting and negotiation to construction management and ultimately, if an early and commercial resolution is not available, security of payment and dispute resolution. She prides herself on providing strategic and commercial advice and working with her clients to achieve the best outcomes for them and have been named in Legal 500 Asia Pacific as “providing succinct, timely and accurate advice”. As a litigator, she has been involved in some of the most significant construction decisions in Australia, including relating to both the right to terminate contracts (Kane Constructions Pty Ltd v Sopov & Ors (2007) 20 VR 127, (2009) 24 VR 510) and Security of Payment (Metacorp Australia Pty Ltd v Andeco Construction Group Pty Ltd [2010] VSC 1999 and SSC Plenty Road Pty Ltd v Construction Engineering (Aust) Pty Ltd [2016] VSCA 119). She is a recommended lawyer for Construction in the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific and have been valued for ‘prompt turnaround’, being ‘easy to deal with’ and ‘very experienced in litigating a variety of different claims in a variety of forums’.


Temple Saville, Barrister, Nationally Accredited Mediator, The Victorian Bar
Temple practices in commercial law, public law and regulatory matters. Temple is a Nationally Accredited Mediator and is on the List of External Mediators published by the Magistrates’ Court. She is available to be briefed as a mediator. Temple accepts briefs to advise and/or appear. Temple has an interest in insolvency and bankruptcy related matters and has completed the ARITA Advanced Certification in Insolvency. Temple advises and appears for clients in respect to personal insolvency and corporate insolvency. She has experience in dealing with winding up application, creditors petitions, voidable transactions, insolvent trading claims and directors’ duties generally. Temple also has experience in building disputes where she represents clients in relation to breach of contract and warranties, defects, delays, and variations. Temple also appears and advises in relation to all aspects of debt recovery, contractual disputes, Australian Consumer Law matters, civil claims and interlocutory applications.


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.