Wednesday, 18 March 2026
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on QLD legislation
Chair
Andrew Stumer KC, Quay Central Chambers
Unfair Contract Terms: What We Can Learn from the Decided Cases
Strengthen your approach to unfair contract terms by learning from recent case outcomes. Understand how courts interpret key provisions, identify risk areas in contractual drafting, and adjust your advisory strategies accordingly. Gain practical insights to help clients avoid disputes and better protect their commercial interests.
Presented by Peter Travis, Barrister and Mediator, Sir Harry Gibbs Chambers
Presenters
Andrew Stumer KC, Quay Central ChambersAndrew Stumer is a barrister practising in commercial law from chambers at Level 16/17, Quay Central in Brisbane. He commenced practice at the Bar in 2010. Since that time he has acted in a range of commercial disputes in the fields of mining, banking, property development, taxation, intellectual property, financial services and the charity sector. Prior to commencing at the Bar, he was a senior associate in the litigation and dispute resolution department of the law firm Allens Arthur Robinson (now Allens). From 2004 to 2007, Mr Stumer was a student at the University of Oxford where he obtained the degrees of Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) and Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil), with the latter focusing on the law of evidence. During that time, he also held a position as lecturer in law at Magdalen College, Oxford, with responsibility for the college's tutorial program in contract law. Mr Stumer is the author of The Presumption of Innocence (Hart Publishing, 2010) and the annotations to the Queensland Evidence Act incorporated into Civil Procedure Queensland (Lexis, Looseleaf).
Peter Travis, Barrister and Mediator, Sir Harry Gibbs Chambers
Peter Travis is a Queensland barrister, mediator and California attorney who specialises in commercial disputes. He represents clients before all Australian courts and has a national mediation practice specialising in resolving civil disputes across a broad range of practice areas. Before joining the Queensland Bar in 2008, Peter was employed in the media division of a national firm of solicitors, and became a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. He later joined the California Bar and practised as a trial attorney in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, Peter represented media clients in complex First Amendment, intellectual property and commercial litigation.
