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Email

m.bell@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Associate Professor
Melbourne Law School - Admin
Education
Doctorate (Research)
King's College London
Masters (Coursework)
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-9114-3554

A/Prof Matthew Bell

Associate Professor
Melbourne Law School

94 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website

    Can a new 'objective' rebuild confidence in construction?
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Victoria’s “building system objective”: can it “rebuild confidence and trust” in the construction industry?
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Private Law and Building Safety: Problems and Promises
    DOI: 10.5040/9781509976638.ch-001
  • 2025

    Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website

    Bringing home building safety reform in Victoria, Australia: are we there yet?
  • 2025

    Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website

    Statutory duties of care for construction work: Australia’s High(est) Court has spoken
  • 2025

    Book

    Residential Construction Law: The UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand
  • 2021

    Book

    Residential Construction Law
    DOI: 10.5040/9781509939268
Matthew Bell

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2021
Society of Construction Law (UK) Hudson Prize
2019
Fellow of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers
2017
Society of Construction Law (UK) Hudson Prize
2017
Finalist, Academic of the Year Australian Law Awards

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website

    Victoria has a once-in-a-generation chance to stamp out the 'un-Australian practice' of not paying construction contractors
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Introduction
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Victoria’s “Fairer Payments” Security of Payment Reforms: Worth the Wait?
  • 2025

    Journal article

    High Court Confirms the Power of NSW’s Statutory Duty of Care — Pafburn v OSP 84674

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