Matthew Bell

Contract Damages for Defective Construction Work: An Unsolvable Puzzle?

Matthew Bell

Journal article  |  2022  |  Building and Construction Law Journal

This article considers how the common law decides upon the appropriate measure of damages where there is a breach of contract resu..

Contract Damages for Defective Construction Work: An Unsolvable Puzzle?

Matthew Bell

Conference Proceedings  |  2022  |  Hudson Prize presentation

The paper considers the assessment of damages for defective work and the puzzle posed by rectification damages. It outlines the hi..

Construction Regulatory Reform: Where to from here?

Matthew Bell, Jeanette Barbaro, Justin Bates, Deirdre Ni Fhloinn

Journal article  |  2022  |  International Construction Law Review

During the latter part of the 2010s, a series of high-profile residential building failures, including the Grenfell Tower tragedy ..

Australia’s Building Safety Reforms in the Shadow of Grenfell Tower

Matthew Bell

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2022

Residential Construction Law

Philip Britton, Matthew Bell, Deirdre Ní Fhloinn, Kim Vernau

Book  |  2021

This is the first book to offer a systematic and analytical overview of the legal framework for residential construction.

Construction defects in apartment blocks: Whose problem?

Philip Britton, Matthew Bell

Journal article  |  2021  |  Australian Property Law Journal

This article contributes to comparative analysis in pursuit of effective reforms to the regulatory regimes directed at the minimis..

Major Security of Payment Changes on their Way in South Australia

Frazer Moss, Sharon Cho, Matthew Bell

Journal article  |  2021  |  Australian Construction Law Newsletter

Statutory Adjudication in Australia

Sean Kelly, Julian Bailey, Matthew Bell

Book Chapter  |  2021

This chapter examines the distinctive ways in which the UK model for construction adjudication has been adopted in Australia. It e..

New powers in NSW to order rectification of apartment buildings before and after occupancy: a game changer for resident safety?

Matthew Bell

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian construction law bulletin

Three years have now passed since a façade cladding- fuelled fire at Grenfell Tower in London claimed 72 lives. The construction i..

(How) can a building safety regulator help cure the UK's defects crisis?: analysing the current proposals in the light of Australia's experience

Douglas Maxwell, Matthew Bell

Journal article  |  2020  |  Construction Law Journal

This article seeks to provide insights into what the proposed (as of early 2020) UK Building Safety Regulator could achieve—and, t..