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...
On 5 June 2025, the Full Federal Court handed down judgment in ASIC v Auto & General Insurance Company Ltd [2025] FCAFC 76 confirming that the notification clause in an...
As the energy industry continues to undergo a substantial shift towards sustainable and renewable sources, insurers find themselves navigating new terrain, filled with novel challenges and increased risks. Renewable energy...
The High Court of Australia has allowed an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal of South Australia in a long-running dispute on the application of the South...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created much uncertainty in the construction industry, particularly in relation to supply chains and the impact of the use of force majeure clauses in major projects...
While delays in project progress and completion are common in the construction industry, the circumstances leading to the delay can rarely be foreseen at time of commencement.
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...
Following the 2014 Lacrosse fire in Victoria's Docklands and the tragic fire in London's Grenfell Tower in 2017, sharp focus has been brought to bear on the use of flammable...
In Brighton Australia Pty Ltd v Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd [2018] VSC 246 the Court held that a temporal limitation clause pleaded in defence to a claim for misleading and...
This is the first episode in our Construction & Engineering video series. In this video, Charles Thornley and Natasha Stojanovich — our construction disputes experts — talk about the flammable...
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