Construction Adjudication Seminar and Symposium

Sponsored by Lane Neave

AMINZ is pleased to offer this adjudication seminar and symposium specific to adjudication under the Construction Contracts Act 2002. This seminar and symposium, is the Institute's leading training for adjudicators, advisors and advocates who work in this area and will include presentations on recent topics of interest together with a symposium that will allow questions to be posed to our expert panel.

The seminar will cover:

* The enforcement of adjudicator's determinations or non payment under the Construction Contracts Act with presenter Mary Haggie

* The use of family trusts in residential construction contracts with Ralph Wynne Griffiths

Panelists for the Symposium are senior adjudicators: Andrew Hazelton, John Walton and Sherwyn Williams

The AMINZ symposium format provides participants with the opportunity to participate in discussion on current topics relating to their everyday practice. Questions are invited from those who will be attending the symposia. These questions form the basis of the topics to be covered in the programme and provide adjudicators and advisors with an opportunity to deal with difficult issues they may encounter when acting or advising clients in CCA adjudications. Please submit your questions at the same time as you register for the symposium to ensure that the topics are included in the programme.

Auckland: Tuesday 2nd March 2010

Wellington: Wednesday 3rd March 2010

Christchurch: Thursday 4th March 2010

To download a registration form, please click here

 

Presenters Include:

Sherwyn Williams

Sherwyn Williams is a former partner and now a consultant with Kensington Swan in Wellington. He has specialised in construction law for over 30 years, mainly in the areas of claims and dispute resolution. He has acted for contractors in respect of projects both in New Zealand and overseas, and for owners, consultants, and industry organisations. He has appeared as counsel in numerous court cases and arbitrations.
He is vice-president of the Society of Construction Law New Zealand, an Associate of the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute, and an arbitrator and an adjudicator under the Construction Contracts Act 2002. Sherwyn is on the AMINZ Arbitrators' Panel and the Adjudicators' List.

John Walton

John is a barrister at Bankside Chambers in Auckland, specialising in construction law and infrastructure development.

He is admitted to practise law in New Zealand, England & Wales, and in Hong Kong. He is an [Associate] Member of AMINZ (Panel of Mediators and Adjudicators), a Principal Adjudicator for the Building Disputes Tribunal, Council Member of the Society of Construction Law and Member of the Institute of Directors.

John completed his LLM at the University of Auckland in 2009 and [has applied to become a Fellow of AMINZ].

Ralph Wynne-Griffiths

Ralph practised as a barrister for over 20 years in England specialising in construction law before starting practice in New Zealand in February 2008.

He has been involved in a large number of adjudications concerning contractors and developers. Ralph has been involved in a broad spectrum of construction work including disputes under engineering and building contracts, payment claims under the CCA, professional negligence, insurance and leaky homes.

Andrew Hazelton

Andrew Hazelton is a partner in the firm of Hazelton LAW. He is well known in the field of construction law and regularly represents industry participants in all forms of dispute resolution.  As well as acting as counsel for parties, Andrew has sat as an adjudicator on many occasions.

 

Mary Haggie

Mary is experienced in all aspects of construction law. She is a specialist in adjudication proceedings under the Construction Contracts Act. She is also very experienced in disputes regarding leaky homes and has undertaken numerous adjudications under the Weathertight Homes Resolution Services Act 2006 as well as High Court proceedings.

She advises and negotiates on issues relating to industry and standard-form contracts for a range of clients including contractors, employers, purchasers, subcontractors, and developers.

Other aspects of her practice include advice to professional, regulatory and sports associations on governance, constitutions, privacy, natural justice and disciplinary procedures. Mary has had a long involvement with netball administration in the Wellington Region.

 

Glenn Jones, LL.B, AAMINZ

Glenn Jones is a partner in Christchurch law firm Lane Neave, practicing as a Dispute Resolution lawyer for over 20 years, predominantly in the areas of civil, commercial, construction and employment disputes.  He is an Associate member of the Institute and is on the mediator panels of LEADR and the Lawyers Complaint Service.  Glenn appears as counsel in all of the civil courts and in arbitrations, CCA adjudications and Weathertight Homes claims.  He recently appeared as counsel in the District Court case IQ Homes Ltd v Smith & Ors (which involved topics covered in this symposium).

 

Matt Maling, LLB

Mat Maling specialises in building and construction law .  He has spent the last two and a half years in Sydney where he practiced exclusively in the arae of Construction Law.  He has recently returned to Lane Neave to head its Building and Construction Practice.  Mat has advised extensively on risk management for projects, including; risk analysis, drafting construction contracts and related agreements, contract negotiations, dispute resolution, and resolving payemnt issues under the Construction Contrcats Act and its Australian (NSW) equivalent.

Mat also has infrastructure experience (acting for both local Governments and private clients) including advising as to procurement delivery methods, drafting contrcats, completion of tender process, project management and administration, and co-operative contracting

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