Building Defects, Strata Insurance
Posted 21 April 2017
All insurance contracts have a duty of disclosure whereby the insured party must tell the insurer all relevant information before entering in to the policy and also during the course of the policy per…
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Building Defects
Posted 14 March 2017
Further to recent implementation of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 a new Australian Standard for defect report reports for group title buildings has been developed and public consultation is o…
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Strata, Building Defects, eBooks
Posted 22 November 2016
Bannermans Lawyers’ construction team can provide tailored, commercial, effective legal advice to you in the management of building defect matters.…
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Building Defects, Strata and Community Title Developments, Urban Renewal
Posted 26 October 2016
Amendments to the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (“Act”), which commenced on 1 March 2017, give owners some significant new rights.…
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Building Defects
Posted 18 October 2016
Under the new strata law reforms, owners corporations have to consider building defects and rectification at each annual general meeting (AGM).
However this only applies until the expiry of the war…
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Strata, Building Defects, Construction
Posted 25 July 2016
Following a significant fire in a 23 storey apartment building in Melbourne’s Docklands area on 25 November 2014 (the Lacross Apartments Fire), the rapid spread of which was attributable to a compos…
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Building Defects
Posted 10 June 2016
Building Defects – Lessons from the ACT experience
ACT owners corporations are experiencing the same practical difficulties as NSW when dealing with building defects. …
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Strata, Building Defects, Certifiers, Planning Approvals
Posted 24 June 2016
We explore below three of the significant recent developments in case law concerning building certification practices.…
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