Aug 17, 2026 · 27 min · 9 segments
Construction law and the arbitration of construction disputes is now one of the most sophisticated areas of commercial legal practice in many places around the world. Yet, this development has only…
Matthew BellHost
Doug JonesGuest
Janet WalkerGuest
John SharkeyGuest
I think it developed, and just speaking about the Australian, uh, circumstances, I think it developed pretty much over the, uh, the 20th century in r- two phases.
The only change and development there was, in my experience, was the development of the common law and then everything changes in the '70s.
The librarian came down to my office and handed me a book and said, "Have you seen this before?" And I looked at it, it was the first volume of building law reports.
And I thought to myself, "Wow, this area in which who I was starting to gravitate into has its own dedicated set of law reports."
And in a, in a way in which it seemed to me they're giving a general legitimacy to the work that we were doing.
And then th- there's this explosion of statutory change in the '80s and '90s, and as previously mentioned, the study we did in 2017 showed an act of a high court-
... over the '60, late '60s to through to the '90s where it was delivering, uh, judgments on construction law matters, uh, once every 15 months.
I think it developed, and just speaking about the Australian, uh, circumstances, I think it developed pretty much over the, uh, the 20th century in r- two phases.
The only change and development there was, in my experience, was the development of the common law and then everything changes in the '70s.
The librarian came down to my office and handed me a book and said, "Have you seen this before?" And I looked at it, it was the first volume of building law reports.
And I thought to myself, "Wow, this area in which who I was starting to gravitate into has its own dedicated set of law reports."
And in a, in a way in which it seemed to me they're giving a general legitimacy to the work that we were doing.
And then th- there's this explosion of statutory change in the '80s and '90s, and as previously mentioned, the study we did in 2017 showed an act of a high court-
... over the '60, late '60s to through to the '90s where it was delivering, uh, judgments on construction law matters, uh, once every 15 months.
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