Private Law and Building Safety

Matthew Bell is Associate Professor of Construction Law at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Susan Bright is Professor of Land Law at the University of Oxford, UK. Ben McFarlane is Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford, UK. Andrew Robertson is Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Part 1: The Limitations of Private Law in Addressing Building Safety
1. Tackling Building Safety Through Private Law: A Comparative Analysis, Fabiana Bettini (University College London, UK) and Marco Cappelletti (University of Oxford, UK)
2. Private Law and Building Safety: Promises and Problems, Matthew Bell (University of Melbourne, Australia), Susan Bright (University of Oxford, UK), Ben McFarlane (University of Oxford, UK) and Andrew Robertson (University of Melbourne, Australia)
3. Building Safety in Canada: Has Winnipeg Condominium had an Impact? Erika Chamberlain (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
4. Procedural Challenges and Opportunities for Leaseholders, Jodi Gardner (University of Auckland, New Zealand) and Simone Degeling (University of New South Wales, Australia)
5. Private Law in the Ruins, Nick McBride (University of Cambridge, UK)

Part 2: Getting the Mix Right: Statutory Regulation and Private Law Norms
6. The Surfside Condominium Collapse: What Lessons Have Been Learned? Evan McKenzie (University of Illinois Chicago, USA)
7. Tort as a Tool of Government Policy: Section 38 of the Building Act 1984, Jonathan Morgan (University of Cambridge, UK)
8. Defective Premises and Economic Loss: A Problem Best Left to Legislation? Donal Nolan (University of Oxford, UK)
9. Rationalising Associate Liability Under the Building Safety Act 2022, David Sawtell (University of Cambridge, UK)
10. Regulation and Private Law in Promoting Building Safety: The Case of Singapore, Edward Ti (Singapore Management University, Singapore)