EL1007E: Property or field 'name' cannot be found on null - spring

Question

I am using a Spring framework with thymeleaf and mysql.
I am getting the error
org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelEvaluationException: EL1007E: Property or field 'name' cannot be found on null
This error is being caused by the ${selectProject.client.name} in the html code.
I have written a form to allow a user to add information about a project. As part of the form, there is a dropdown list of the different project names. However, in the dropdown list I also want it to give the name of the client alongside the name of the project.
My html code:
<form action="#" id="informationForm" method="post" th:action="#{/add-information}" th:object="${information}">
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group col-12">
<label class="col-form-label" for="project">Project</label>
<select class="form-control" id="project" th:field="*{project}">
<option value="0">Please select a project</option>
<option th:each="selectProject : ${projectList}"
th:text="${selectProject.client.name} + ' - ' +${selectProject.name}"
th:value="${selectProject.id}"></option>
</select>
Here is the information controller:
#Controller
#Slf4j
#SessionAttributes({"project", "information"})
public class InformationController {
private final InformationService informationService;
private final ProjectsService projectsService;
#Autowired
public InformationController(final ProjectsService projectsService,
final InformationService informationService) {
this.projectsService = projectsService;
this.informationService = informationService;
}
#ModelAttribute("information")
public Information getInformation() {
return informationService.createEmptyInformation();
}
#ModelAttribute("projectList")
public List<Project> getProjects() {
return projectsService.getProjects();
}
#GetMapping("add-information")
public String showAddInformationForm(Model model, #ModelAttribute("information") Information information) {
information = informationService.createEmptyInformation();
model.addAttribute(information);
return "add-information";
}
#PostMapping("add-information")
public String addInformationForm(#Valid Information information, BindingResult result, Model model) {
if (result.hasErrors()) {
return "add-information";
}
Long id = informationService.createInformationFromInput(information);
return "redirect:/homepage";
}
The relevant methods in the information service are:
public Information createEmptyInformation() {
return new Information();
}
public Long createInformationFromInput(Information information) {
try {
informationDao.save(information);
} catch (Exception ex) {
log.error("Failed to save information for {} because of {}", information.getId(), ex.getLocalizedMessage());
}
return information.getId();
}
and in the projects services:
public List<Project> getProjects() {
return projectDao.findAll();
}
Clients have a many to one relationship with projects
Project domain:
#Getter
#Setter
#Entity
#Table(name = "projects")
public class Project {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
private Long id;
#ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
#JoinColumn(name = "client_id")
private Client client;
#Column(name = "name")
private String name;
Client domain:
#Getter
#Setter
#Entity
#Table(name = "clients")
public class Client {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
private Long id;
#NotBlank(message = "Name is required")
#Size(min = 5, max = 80, message = "Name must be between 5 and 80 characters")
#Column(name = "name", nullable = false)
private String name;
#OneToMany(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
#JoinColumn(name = "client_id")
#JsonIgnoreProperties({"hibernateLazyInitializer", "handler"})
private List<Project> projects;
Information domain:
#Getter
#Setter
#Entity
#Table(name = "information")
public class Information {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
private Long id;
#ManyToOne (fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
#JoinColumn(name = "project_id")
private Project project;
#Column(name = "date")
private Date date;