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July 13, 2022
Court of Appeal Clarifies the Statutory Limitation Period Under the Victorian Building Act
The recent decision of the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal in Lendlease Engineering Pty Ltd v Owners Corporation No 1 & Ors [2022] VSCA 105...July 11, 2022
The Victorian Supreme Court finds Expert Determination valid but not binding.
In the decision of Aligned Services Group Pty Ltd v Citi-Con (Vic) Pty Ltd [2022] VSC 286 the Victorian Supreme Court considered whether an expert’s...July 6, 2022
Must a Payment Claim Relate to Work Done Under Only One Construction Contract?
The Court of Appeal of the New South Wales Supreme Court recently considered the application of the so-called ‘one contract rule’ under the Building...June 29, 2022
Developer landowners may be subject to statutory duty of care to avoid economic loss from building work
The recent NSW Supreme Court decision of The Owners – Strata Plan No 84674 v Pafburn Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 659 considered the proper...June 24, 2022
Builder’s statutory duty of care extended in New South Wales
In the matter of Goodwin Street Developments Pty Ltd atf Jesmond Unit Trust v DSD Builders Pty Ltd (in liq) [2022] NSWSC 624 the New South Wales...June 23, 2022
A Ticket to Misleading or Deceptive Conduct— Findings of the Full Federal Court in Viagogo v ACCC
The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia has upheld the Federal Court’s finding that viagogo AG contravened numerous sections of the Australian...June 10, 2022
New South Wales Supreme Court Interprets Indemnity Clause
A recent decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court in PA Putney Finance Australia Pty Limited v Aalders [2022] NSWSC 607 considered the...May 30, 2022
No agreement found for the purpose of the Commercial Arbitration Act
The New South Wales Supreme Court recently considered whether parties to an arbitration had reached an agreement to allow an appeal under section 34A of the...