Tag Archives: Home Building Act 1989

How a Home Building Act lawyer can assist

The Home Building Act 1989 aims to ensure that residential building work is carried out [...]

New tool – check builders’ and tradies’ insurance online

HSC check - is your building contractor insured?

Home Building Act 1989—Major or minor building defects

Home owners are recommended to protect their position by the early issue of proceedings.

Supreme Court spotlight – Nominal liquidated damages clauses

Residential building contracts. In this article, Northern Beaches construction lawyer, Clare Peacock, discusses the outcomes [...]

Security of Payment Act update: Court of Appeal clarifies controversy of the Supporting Statement

Building and Construction Security of Payment Act 1999 (SoPA) In this article, Northern Beaches construction [...]

Appeal Panel revisits limitation periods for defective building work

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

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] [...]

The Preferred Outcome Principle for defective building work

The Preferred Outcome Principle Section 49MA Home Building Act 1989 Section 48MA of the Home [...]

Penalties for builder who failed to obtain statutory building insurance

Home detention for builder. Another contractor is cooling his heels after being found guilty of [...]

Building defects bond scheme and strata blocks

Changes to the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015. Reforms to the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 [...]