An interlocutory application has been determined by the Supreme Court of Victoria on whether a defendant, who is alleged to have breached a duty to take reasonable care, can invoke...
Australia’s construction sector is undergoing one of its most significant periods of regulatory change in years. As 2025 comes to a close, and to help construction professionals, developers, insurers and...
AAI Limited was the insurer of Fairview Architectural Limited under several policies covering the period 14 February 2012 to 30 May 2016.
The High Court's decision is significant in that it has clarified that claims for breaches of the statutory duty under the DBP Act are not apportionable in certain circumstances. A...
NSW Court of Appeal decision in Gerrard Toltz Pty Ltd v City Garden Australia Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 2) [2024] NSWCA 232 opens potential to extend the ambit of...
The NSW Court of Appeal in The Owners – Strata Plan No 84674 v Pafburn Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 301 (Proceedings) has overturned the earlier decision of the NSW Supreme...
The Court of Appeal has put the onus firmly back on builders and developers to demonstrate that loss measured by the cost of full removal and replacement of non-compliant cladding...
The NSW Supreme Court of Appeal has held that a proceeding brought under section 18B of the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) is for a breach of a single contract...
In a recent decision, the NSW Supreme Court has demonstrated the importance of AS1530.1 combustibility testing in evidence.
This is the third episode in our Construction & Engineering video series on the flammable cladding crisis. In part three, our construction disputes and insurance experts talks about the key...
In part four of our Construction & Engineering video series on the flammable cladding crisis, our construction disputes and insurance experts talk about the issues that developers and builders of...
This is the second episode in our Construction & Engineering video series on the flammable cladding crisis. In part two, our construction disputes and insurance experts talk about the importance...
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