Playing one off against another…. ensure your insurance policy terms are clear
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Australian Branch t/as Liberty Speciality Markets v Icon Co (NSW) Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 126Andrew Hales, Emily Miers, Paige Freeman (more…)
No apportionment of claims for breaching the warranty to carry out works in a ‘proper and workmanlike manner’ in domestic building
Bellini v Meldan (Vic) Pty Ltd (Building and Property) [2021] VCAT 833 Jeanette Barbaro, Tom Kearney, Michelle Yu (more…)
Say my name: pleading apportionable claims with specificity
Bingo Holdings Pty Ltd v GC Group Company Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCA 184Andrew Hales, Amy Ryan, Will Ryan (more…)
Sweet & Spiky! The Big Pineapple joint venture goes pear shaped…
Rankin Investments (Qld) Pty Ltd & Anor v CMC Property Pty Ltd & Ors [2021] QCA 156by Andrew Orford, Sam Rafter, Mikayla Colak (more…)
A failure to act in good faith may prevent recovery under the statutory insurance scheme
Queensland Building Services Authority v Samimi & another [2021] QDC 112by David Pearce, James Knell, Tia Shadford (more…)
EP&A Act limitation period upheld to bar claim by tenant for loss arising out of defective building work
Bandelle Pty Ltd v Sydney Capitol Hotels Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 303by Andrew Hales and Duncan MacKenzie (more…)
Prepayments reduce amounts payable under QBCC statutory insurance scheme
Schneider v Queensland Building and Construction Commission [2021] QCA 155by David Pearce, Hazal Gacka and Charlotte Lane (more…)
Limitation period determined by the occupancy permit which ‘best reflects’ the whole of the work
Lendlease Engineering Pty Ltd v Owners Corporation No.1 & Ors [2021] VSC 338by Jeanette Barbaro, Tom Kearney and Courtenay Wood (more…)
Builder beware – new residential building regulation commenced 1 July 2021
Design and Building Practitioners Regulation 2021 (NSW), Design and Building Practitioners Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2021 (NSW) and Building Legislation Amendment Act 2021 (NSW) by Andrew Hales, William Vu (more…)
I just want to feel secure! You owe me that much
Marubeni Equipment Finance (Oceania) Pty Ltd v A&H Construction Group Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 161
Andrew Hales, Karen Hanigan, Adam Hanssen