Thursday, 20 November 2025
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on WA legislation
Chair
Juliana Jorissen, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons; Leading Construction & Infrastructure Litigation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2024
SOPA: High-Risk Clauses in WA Construction Contracts
- What are some of the contract clauses that might get you in trouble under SOPA and why?
Presented by Thomas Jacobs, Partner, Jackson McDonald; Leading West Australian Construction and Engineering Lawyer, Best Lawyers in Australia
Presenters
Juliana Jorissen, Partner, King & Wood MallesonsJuliana is an experienced litigator specialising in the area of construction litigation and commercial dispute resolution. She is known for her international multi-party insight, collaborative approach and commercial thinking, assisting clients in the development of issues identification and claims management strategies and advising on complex contractual and non-contractual disputes. Juliana has acted on various disputes relating to oil and gas projects, major commercial and residential developments, rail and port operations, and electricity and gas disputes. While experienced in every aspect of dispute resolution, she specialises in achieving commercially sensible outcomes via alternative dispute resolution methods including adjudication, mediation and arbitration. She regularly advises on some of the most commercially strategic, high-value and complex disputes in the construction sector.
Thomas Jacobs, Partner, Jackson McDonald
Tom has almost 30 years’ experience advising clients active in the building, construction and engineering industries, with expertise advising on procurement and the management and resolution of complex construction and engineering disputes. He has extensive experience of all forms of dispute resolution, particularly adjudication. He has been recognised as a leading West Australian Construction and Engineering lawyer by Best Lawyers in Australia for the last 3 years and was recently tasked by Building and Energy to train new adjudicators under the new Security of Payment legislation.
