Carter Newell is a leading dynamic Queensland-based firm providing specialist legal advice to Australian and international corporate clients.
Led by partners Patrick Mead and David Rodighiero, the Construction & Engineering Insurance team provides high-level strategic advice for insureds and self insured companies and public and significant private companies in the mining, engineering, construction and property industries, including developers, main contractors, principals and sub contractors.
Our team is specialises in two streams – Construction All Risk (‘CAR’) insurance (including defective structure and product claims arising in construction projects) and Professional Indemnity for construction professionals, specifically engineers, architects and surveyors.
Our range of services include:
Members of the Construction & Engineering Insurance team have a thorough understanding of the modern construction industry, having acted directly for the firm’s national and international clients over many years.
Contract works insurance: Third party beneficiaries and the impact of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth)
Contract works policies as they relate to third party beneficiaries and the separate matter of ‘joint names’ insurance are put under the microscope...
Re-examination of the use of indemnity clauses: Drafting and reviewing indemnities
This newsletter considers how careful drafting of indemnity clauses assists in minimising disputes between contracting parties.
John Matthews breaks contractual indemnities into their basic components and discusses how to improve drafting and interpretation of these clauses.
Patrick Mead provides a short update on what constitutes Unforseen Damage under contract works insurance...
