Friday, 31 October 2025
The Building Bill 2024: New Compliance Powers, Enforcement Risks and What It Means for Construction Contracts
The Building Bill 2024 introduces sweeping changes to compliance and enforcement in the NSW construction sector. With new regulatory powers and heightened accountability measures, the bill significantly affects the way construction contracts must now be approached and managed. In this practical session, gain critical insight into the legislative reforms, how they interact with existing frameworks like the Home Building Act, and what builders, developers, and legal professionals must do to mitigate risk.
Presented by Tom Davie, Barrister, Queen Square Chambers; Author, Annotated Home Building Act; o-author, Understanding Construction Law
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
Chair
Kerrie E. Leotta, Barrister at Law, Arbitrator & Mediator, Beecroft Chambers
Presenters
Tom Davie, Barrister, Queen Square ChambersTom is one of Sydney’s most experienced and respected construction law barristers. He is the author of the Annotated Home Building Act and a co-author of Understanding Construction Law. He regards building and construction law as a branch of commercial law. Before coming to the bar in 1998 Tom practiced as a solicitor and partner involved in building and construction, commercial, and planning law at major legal practices across three jurisdictions.
Kerrie E. Leotta, Barrister at Law, Arbitrator & Mediator, Beecroft Chambers
Kerrie Leotta was admitted as a barrister on 21 July 2007 and practices in the areas of building & construction, Alternative Dispute Resolution (Arbitration/Mediation/Evaluation), commercial, equity, family and professional negligence,. She is the past president and treasurer of the Women's Lawyers Association of NSW, and has served as Past Treasurer Women's' Barristers Forum, Convener Australian Construction Law Discussion Group, Past Deputy Chair Law Council Business Construction (NSW) Chapter, Lecturer in Dispute Resolution in Construction Industry at UTS, Past Judicial Member Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal (CTTT) and Accredited mediator and Arbitrator . Life member of WLA (NSW) ,Gymnastics NSW and NSW Gymnastics WAG Judges Assembly.
