Friday, 13 March 2026
Chair
Owen Hayford, Principal, Infralegal, Leading Front End Construction, Infrastructure & Major Projects Lawyers, Doyle’s Guide 2025
When Can Dispute Resolution be Used as an Offensive Strategy
There are occasions where parties to a contract need to enforce their rights. To that end, parties may need to commence litigation.
- Navigating the key steps in litigation and burdens for the party which initiates proceedings for:
- Urgent and interlocutory injunctions
- Applications for specific performance
- Discuss important matters in respect of navigating any contractual dispute mechanisms
- Examine matters to consider to ensure that there is a proper purpose to the proceedings
Presented by Peter Yeldham, Partner, Mallesons, and Sam Bagnall, Senior Associate, Mallesons
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
Owen Hayford, Principal, Infralegal
Owen has 30+ years of experience advising on contracts, with a focus on infrastructure projects. Owen has graduated from being a senior partner at Clayton Utz, to board and other strategic advisory roles that draw on his lifetime of legal experience. He now leads Infralegal, a boutique firm that specialises in providing strategic legal, commercial and governance advice to participants in the infrastructure and construction sectors.
Sam Bagnall, Senior Associate, Mallesons
Sam Bagnall is a Senior Associate at Mallesons. Sam has a multidisciplinary practice, with a focus on financial services and real estate clients. Before joining Mallesons, Sam was a Senior Legal Counsel AMP and prior to that was a Solicitor at YPOL Lawyers.
Peter Yeldham, Partner, Mallesons
Peter Yeldham is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution group in the Sydney office of Mallesons. Peter has a broad practice with experience in insurance advice and disputes, commercial real estate disputes, and general commercial litigation (including disputes between joint venture partners). He regularly interfaces with regulators and was previously Solicitor Assisting the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.
