NSW Design and Building Practitioners Act: Key Reforms
The Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (NSW) (DBP Act) commenced on 11 June 2020 implementing broad legislative changes to
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07, 2020
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07, 2020
NSW Design and Building Practitioners Act: Duty of Care
The Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (NSW) (DBP Act) commenced on 11 June 2020 implementing broad legislative changes to
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06, 2020
Update: NSW Government Shake-up of Construction Industry Laws
Following the recommendations coming out of the 2018 Shergold Weir Building Confidence Report and the 2019 Opal Tower and Mascot
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04, 2020
Contract Frustration and COVID-19
When is a contract frustrated? At common law, a contract will be frustrated when unforeseen events occurring after its formation,
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04, 2020
Court punishes parties who fail to comply with the SOP Act
Case Review: Parrwood Pty Ltd v Trinity Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 208 In the recent decision in Parrwood
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03, 2020
Coronavirus Disruption: Delays to Construction Projects and How to Respond
The fall-out from the Novel Coronavirus (or “COVID-19”) is already being felt by businesses across a number of industry sectors,
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03, 2020
Phoenixing – What is it? And what will the new legislation do to combat it?
On 18 February 2020, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Illegal Phoenixing) Act 2020 (Cth) (Act) came in to force.1 The
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10, 2019
Payment Schedules – The devil is still in the detail
The NSW Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Style Timber Floor Pty Ltd v Krivosudsky[1] provides an important reminder of
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10, 2019
Oral Variations in NSW Residential Building Works following Mann v Paterson
As reported in our casenote, the High Court of Australia has recently ruled on the limited availability of a claim
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10, 2019
High Court Rules on the Availability of Quantum Meruit After the Termination of a Building Contract
The High Court has allowed an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of