Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Chair
Andrew Panna KC, Foley’s List
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Contract Termination and Remedies
- Repudiation by omission in commercial leasing: Brotherhood of St Laurence v Sarina Investments Pty Ltd [2024] VSCA 46
- “Actions, not words”: the objective test for repudiation in projects: Makland Constructions Pty Ltd v Page Steel Fabrications Pty Ltd [2024] VSCA 142
- “We can’t settle” emails and deposit risk: Thousand Hills Property Pty Ltd v LBA Capital Pty Ltd [2025] VSCA 115 (appeal from [2024] VSC 597)
- Damages after termination: wastedexpenditure (reliance) clarified: Cessnock City Council v 123 259 932 Pty Ltd [2024] HCA 17
Presented by Nicholas Andreou, Barrister, Chapman’s List
Presenters
Andrew Panna KC, Foley’s ListAndrew K Panna KC practises primarily in Commercial, Contract, Property, Equity, Trusts, Wills and Estates, Corporations, Retail Tenancies, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Intellectual Property ( Copyright, Trade Marks, Designs, Confidential Information ), Trade Practices, Family Law (property disputes only), Sale and Transportation of Goods by Sea. His briefs to appear are at the County, Supreme Court (including interstate Supreme Courts), Federal Court and Family Law Court.
Nicholas Andreou, Barrister, Aickin Chambers
Nicholas practises primarily in commercial, construction, corporations and defamation law. Nicholas has appeared in many of the leading judgments in Victoria which consider the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002. Nicholas regularly appears in VCAT and the County Court representing builders, subcontractors, developers and owners alike. Nicholas enjoys particularly technically complex disputes involving structural and geotechnical engineering issues. Nicholas has appeared in the Court of Appeal on matters concerning the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995.
