Further Assistance
If you require a contract to be reviewed or drafted, please email helpdesklegal@adelaide.edu.au, or one of our lawyers directly. Please ensure that you include a preferred date for completion, and allow ample time for assistance to be provided.
For advice or guidance from the Legal and Risk office on contracts, contact:-
Geraldine Yam (University Legal Counsel) on 8313 5244 or geraldine.yam@adelaide.edu.au
Kim Evans (Senior Legal Counsel) on 8313 6103 or kim.evans@adelaide.edu.au
Other Internal Stakeholders
For certain types of contracts - such as capital works, intellectual property commercialisation or international agreements - there are specialists within the University who have extensive expertise in managing them. If you are undertaking such an agreement, you must consult with those specialists who will help you work out the best way to proceed. For some agreements, there may even be a pre-determined process to follow.
The specialists to consult for different types of agreement are summarized in the following table (taken from the Contract and Agreements Policy and Procedures).
| Specialist areas and processes that apply to certain University agreements | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Agreements related to: |
Specialist area to consult: |
Specialist process to follow: |
|
International students or teaching |
Pro Vice-Chancellor (International)
|
International Agreements Framework sets out approval and development processes, which must be followed before any agreement is negotiated or documented. |
|
Domestic students or teaching |
DVC(A) or General Manager, Student Services |
To be determined at discretion of specialist area manager |
|
Use of University brand (including name, logos, trademarks) |
Marketing and Strategic Communications |
|
|
Providing research services |
Adelaide Research and Innovation Pty Ltd (ARI P/L) |
|
|
Commercialising intellectual property |
ARI P/L
|
|
|
Capital works (such as building, or refitting a building) or property use transactions |
Infrastructure (Technology and Property) |
Depends on nature orf arrangement |
|
Computer software licensing |
Infrastructure (Technology and Property) |
Depends on software |
|
Engagement of consultants or contractors |
Human Resources |
|
