John McMullan Adjudicator

Background:

  • Lead construction lawyer for proprietor on following major property projects:
    • Southgate Project, Melbourne ($650m)
    • Altona, Victoria - Car Manufacturing Facility ($420m)
    • Westgate Park, Melbourne - Newsprint Facility ($250m)
    • Collie Power Project, WA ($2 billion) - (did not proceed)
    • Darling Harbour Park Stage 1, Sydney ($450m)
    • Chullora, NSW - Newsprint Facility ($130m)
    • Citadel Towers, Chatswood - ($100m)
  • Lead lawyer to developers/bidders on Melbourne Docklands projects:
    • lead construction lawyer to developer on Victoria Point project
    • presently advising on new major project in Docklands development
    • advised original shortlisted bidder on 4 of 5 development precincts
    • advised 1 of last 2 shortlisted bidders on trunk infrastructure project
  • Legal adviser on construction contract issues, with other lawyers, to Design and Construct Contractor on major PPP freeway project in Victoria.
  • Lead legal adviser to water authority on Design Build Operate Class A recycled water treatment project.
  • Lead construction contract adviser to principal on major new car engine facility in Victoria.
  • Lead construction contract adviser to principal on major new car equipment contracts in South Australia.
  • Legal adviser to several Victorian non-metropolitan water authorities on construction project documentation and disputes.
  • Provided construction contract advice to proprietor on following major projects:
    • Sydney Water Board, Treatment Plants - NSW ($1 billion)
    • Picadilly Plaza, Sydney ($250m)
    • Lilyvale Hotel, Sydney ($120m)
    • Yan Yean Water Treatment Plant - Victoria ($27m)
  • Acted in major construction disputes, in litigation and arbitration, in Australia and in Hong Kong.
  • Lecturer/Academic Associate to University of Melbourne Engineering Faculty on engineering law.
  • Study Guide Author on Construction Law for APESMA/Deakin University Post Graduate Diploma of Management, and on Construction Contracts Law for Deakin University Architecture Building School.
  • Regular speaker on topics related to construction law, planning and environmental law around Australia.
  • Appointed as Special Referee in Supreme Court of Victoria Building Cases List.
  • IAMA Accredited Adjudicator for purpose of Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act (Vic) 2002

Selected Papers:

  • "Risk Allocation in BOOT Construction Contracts", Melbourne, 3 December 1991.
  • "Letters of Intent" IIR Conference, Construction Law, Sydney, 12 December 1991.
  • "Trends in Construction Contracts", Keynote Speaker, Primavera Users Group National Conference, Terrigal, New South Wales, 3 April 1992.
  • "Operating Agreements in BOT Contracts", IIR Conference on BOT Projects in SE Asia, Singapore, 20 August 1993.
  • "Privately Funded Infrastructure", Infrastructure 93, Asia-Pacific Local Government Conference, Melbourne, 7 October 1993.
  • "Developments in Construction Management", National Construction and Management Conference, Sydney, 18 February 1994.
  • "Creation of Major Projects", International Conference on Engineering Management, Melbourne, 12 April 1994.
  • "Liability Outside the Contract", Institution of Engineers Australia, 26 May 1994.
  • "Legal Systems in South-East Asia", RMIT Post Graduate Diploma in Project Management, Melbourne, 1 June 1994.
  • "Developments in Project Management", Keynote Speaker, Primavera Users Conference, Royal Pines Resort, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 22 September 1994.
  • "Design & Construct Contracts in the Water Industry", Australian Water & Wastewater Association Conference, Bendigo, 5 May 1995.
  • "BOT Contracts", International Seminar on Property and Investment Laws, Beijing Municipal Foreign Economic Relations & Trade Commission, Beijing, 23 May 1995.
  • "Developments in Dispute Resolution", Institution of Engineers Australia, Conference, Regent Hotel, 14 June 1995.
  • "Private Investment in Infrastructure Projects", Infrastructure '95, International Infrastructure Seminar, Grand Hyatt, Bali, 7 July 1995.
  • "Proposed Legal Safeguards on Bulk Water Entitlements", Water, February 1996.
  • "Personality Rights in Australia", (1997) 8 Australian Intellectual Property Journal 86.
  • "Expert Witnesses: Who plays the Saxophone?", Journal of Judicial Administration, November 1999.
  • "The Israeli-PLO Conflict", unpublished, November 1998.
  • "Globalising Trends in BOT Projects in East Asia", 27 Asia Business Law Review, January 2000.
  • "Damages in Environmental Accident/Pollution ("Mega-Hazard") Cases", unpublished, August 2000.
  • "Contract Developments in Tall Building Projects", 6th World Congress on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, World Congress Centre, Melbourne, 28 February 2001.
  • "Law meets Engineering Safety Critical Systems", 7th Australian Workshop on Safety Critical Systems and Software, Adelaide, October 2002.
  • "Alliance Contracting: A Resource and Research Bibliography", http://www.mcmullan.net/eclj/, 3 December 2002 (updated July 2009).
  • "'Mega-Hazards': Storm Clouds Growing in Australia: Environmental Accident/Pollution Cases", unpublished, January 2004.

Copies of certain of the above papers are set out in the Electronic Construction Law Journal