Presented by Geoff Pitkin, Brian Baumhammer, Greg Hansen, Colin Roberts and John Dunlop.

Liability & Legal Risk authors are joined by Austbrokers to discuss liability and risks, from a legal perspective. The points made and examples discussed are intended to throw light on potential areas of legal risk, rather than to be regarded as legal advice.

Nearly all contracts have disputes clauses which set out, amongst other things, what constitutes a dispute, how it should be identified, how it should be resolved and by what means. Alternative dispute resolution methods are described, together with some background as to how they are usually conducted, where and by whom.

Intellectual property is also discussed, including case study examples, providing an understanding of this topic to the mineral consultant.