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] [...]