The High Court restricts availability of quantum meruit

Terminating a building contract. In this article, Northern Beaches construction lawyer, Clare Peacock, highlights the [...]

Combustible cladding update

External cladding fire regulations In this article, Northern Beaches construction lawyer, Clare Peacock, highlights external [...]

Appeal Panel revisits limitation periods for defective building work

Defective building work and the Home Building Act 1989 (HBA). In Hutchings v Hope [2019] [...]

Reform to Security of Payment Legislation

Federal Government to review Security of Payment laws. Last year the Federal Government commissioned a [...]

New Duty of Care may mean extended protection for strata Owners Corporations

Duty of Care and Strata Owners Corporations. The Government has said that it intends to [...]

Strata Mediation Portal Website

Department of Fair Trading and strata mediation. The mediation service offered by Fair Trading can [...]

Insolvent Builders & the Contractors Debts Act 1997

Contractors Debts Act 1997. The Contractors Debts Act 1997 is often overlooked but, used correctly, [...]

District Court jurisdiction in doubt

It has long been thought that the jurisdiction of the District Court extended to matters [...]

Court of Appeal holds developers and builders liable for building defects

In the Owners—Strata Plan No 66375 v King [2018] NSWCA 170, the Court of Appeal considered [...]

Statutory warranty claims on contracts made prior to 1st February 2012

Appeal Panel rules on controversy over statutory warranty limitation periods In Gregorio v Cheale [2018] [...]