by Chris | Nov 24, 2014 | Building Defects, Legal Alert, NSW, Recent News
The Minister for Fair Trading this morning announced that the Home Building Amendment Act 2014 is now expected to commence in mid-January 2015. Up until today it was expected to commence on 1 December 2014. The Minister says consumers’ “protections and rights would...
by Chris | Nov 17, 2014 | Building Defects, Legal Alert, NSW, Recent News
Chris Kerin appears on Channel Seven News on 15 November 2014 in relation to reforms in residential building laws affecting thousands of lot owners in NSW.
by Chris | Nov 1, 2014 | Building Defects, NSW
Click here to read the article – The High Court Decides When Does a Builder Owe a Subsequent Owner a Duty of Care
by Chris | Nov 1, 2014 | ACT, BCA Compliance, BCA Compliance, NSW
Click here to read the article – Building Certifier Liability After Brookfield Where to Now
by Chris | Oct 30, 2014 | Building Defects, Legal Alert, NSW
This article, published in the November 2014 edition of the NSW Law Society Journal outlines the background, reasoning and implications of the decision in Brookfield Multiplex Ltd v Owners Corporation Strata Plan 61288 & Anor [2014] HCA 36 on apartment owners in...