Unfair Contract Terms: Construction and Insurance Contracts

On 15th August 2025, Partner Luke Preston presented on “Unfair Contract Terms: Construction and Insurance Contracts”. 

The presentation covered:

  • Common law
  • Statutory restrictions
  • 2010 – Australian Consumer Law (ACL) – standard form contracts with consumers
  • 2016 – ACL protections extended to some small businesses
  • 2023 – ACL protections further extended
  • 2023 – Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) (ASIC Act) extends Unfair Contract Terms regime to financial products

As part of our Construction, Projects & Infrastructure team, this presentation is one of many and if you would like to learn more about this topic, the team’s articles can be found here.

If you would like further information about this presentation, email [email protected].

Luke Preston
Partner

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