Anna Scannell
Maddocks
Articles
Supreme Court developments in enforcing arbitral awards
Australia - February 10 2022 Maddocks' Construction and Projects team acted for Gemcan Constructions Pty Ltd (Gemcan) in recent Supreme Court proceedings in which Gemcan was…
Automatic Mutual Recognition on the horizon for building practitioners
Australia - September 16 2021 Legal Insights New Commonwealth legislation provides a framework for automatic mutual recognition of an individual’s registration as a building…
‘Contracting out’ of limitation periods - against public policy?
Australia - August 17 2021 In Price v Spoor, the High Court recently considered whether parties can 'contract out' of statutory limitation periods, or whether such a clause…
Can you avoid an arbitration agreement for ‘convenience?
Australia - August 22 2019 Disputes arising from construction and infrastructure projects typically involve multiple contractual relationships, often triggering separate…
No building permit? No extra time for building actions in Victoria
Australia - April 30 2019 A recent decision of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal considered the limitation period for a building action in Victoria in…
