VIDEO: What does COVID-19 mean for Australian construction contracts?

Melbourne Law School's Professor John Sharkey AO discusses whether Australia's construction contracts will stand up to scrutiny in the face of COVID-19

Construction law takes up around 10 per cent of Australia's economic output, but the early indications of the profound effect of COVID-19 point to a decline in new projects and delays in existing ones. It is in connection with those delays that the application of existing laws deserve closer consideration.

References

"Standard Forms of Contract in the Australian Construction Industry" (2014) http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/constru...

Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW (1982) 149 CLR 337 http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/case...

Nicholas Dennys and Robert Clay (eds), Hudson’s Building and Engineering Contracts (14th ed, 2020) https://law.unimelb.edu.au/about/staf...