Tuesday, 10 March 2026
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Frank Hicks SC, Greenway Chambers
Managing and Resolving Construction Disputes
- Drafting tips to consider and apply for dispute resolution: forum, multiparty projects, tiered dispute clauses
- The key signs in the evolution of a dispute and how to manage them
- Strategising: what is in the litigator’s arsenal
- Current trends in construction disputes
Presented by Matthew Taylor, Partner, Gadens
Presenters
Frank Hicks SC, Greenway ChambersFrank 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, Doyle's 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.
Matthew Taylor, Partner, Gadens
With more than 15 years’ experience, Matthew’s practice has primarily involved large-scale construction disputes in the Supreme Court of NSW, domestic and international arbitrations and adjudications under the Security of Payments regime. He regularly advises contractors and principals, including councils and the Commonwealth departments in relation to project delivery issues and in security of payment adjudications. This includes acting in respect to disruption claims, contractual breaches, misleading and deceptive claims concerning remediation, variation and cost claims, contract termination and entitlements, and damages claims.
