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Category: Building Defects

Should a Builder be given an opportunity to rectify its own defective work?

Building Defects

Posted 07 September 2020

In a recent case, Ippolito v Cesco [2020] NSWSC 561 (“Cesco”), the Supreme Court shed further light on this question.…

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Builder gone bust? Making the most of the Home Warranty Insurance?

Building Defects

Posted 27 August 2020

When faced with defective residential building works and a builder unable to satisfy a claim, focus will obviously shift to home owner warranty insurance. However, having been intended as a last re…

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Building Commissioners New Powers

Building Defects

Posted 19 July 2020

On 1 September 2020 the Residential Apartments Act commences. These are the main regulatory limbs through which the NSW Government, in conjunction with the existing Home Building Act, hope to create a…

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Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 – Registration and Regulation of Design and Building Practitioners

Strata, Building Defects

Posted 13 July 2020

Reform Finally! The strata sector has for a number of years now lived with:…

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Owners Given New Retrospective Rights to Claim Money for Defects

Building Defects

Posted 14 July 2020

After years of rising concern about declining standards of residential property construction and narrowing of options available to strata owners corporations and lot owners in defective buildings, the…

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10 Year Retrospective Right

Building Defects

Posted 29 June 2020

The Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (“DBPA”) makes game changing provisions and will have a significant impact on the building industry and on strata schemes. The DBPA commences in s…

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Yet another building fire likely a result of Combustible Cladding – United Arab Emirates High-Rise Tower

Building Defects

Posted 06 May 2020

On Tuesday, 5 May 2020, residents had to flee the 48-storey Abbco Tower in Sharjah as a result of the building catching fire, with flames shooting up the sides of the building. Reports say that the f…

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Combustible Cladding, Class Actions & Australian Consumer Law

Building Defects

Posted 17 December 2019

Strata owners facing the cost of council orders requiring the replacement of combustible cladding are looking for potential solutions against the manufacturers under the Australian Consumer Law.…

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