by Allison | Mar 16, 2020 | ACT, Building Defects, Building Defects, News & Publications, Recent News
Local ACT builder Banyan Constructions Pty Ltd, was put into liquidation on 20 January 2020. This is likely to have significant repercussions for the owners of residential units built by Banyan Constructions in the last 5 years. It is likely that Banyan Constructions...
by Allison | Sep 2, 2019 | News & Publications, NSW, Recent News
In the recent Supreme Court of NSW case Voller (Voller v Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Voller v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd; Voller v Australian News Channel Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 766), the court held that operators of public Facebook pages are deemed to be...
by Chris | Aug 2, 2019 | ACT, Case Review, Legal Alert, News & Publications, Recent News, Strata Disputes
CORBY v THE OWNERS CORPORATION – UNITS PLAN NO 1035 (Unit Titles) [2019] ACAT 45 ACT CIVIL & ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL Member: Senior Member R Orr QC Date of Decision/ Orders: 8 May 2019 FACTS On 11 April 2018 the executive committee for the owners corporation of...
by Chris | Jul 30, 2019 | ACT, Building Defects, News & Publications, Recent News
On 22 May 2019, Christopher Kerin appeared before the ACT Parliamentary Inquiry Into Building Quality in the ACT and detailed the challenges facing apartment owners in the ACT as well as what needs to change to provide more consumer protection to apartment owners....
by Chris | Jul 30, 2019 | BCA Compliance, Building Defects, News & Publications, NSW, Recent News
In February 2019 the NSW Government released their response to the Shergold Weir Building Confidence Report. This was followed by the NSW Government’s Building Stronger Foundations Discussion Paper in June 2019. The public was invited to provide the NSW Government...
