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Category: Building Defects

Holes in the New Building Certification Regime

Building Defects

Posted 27 November 2019

The Office of Fair Trading sought submissions on the proposed Building and Development Certifiers Regulation 2019. The following is Bannermans submission, pointing out two key areas that need to be ad…

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Building Defects: Which Government was responsible for the defects crisis?

Strata, Building Defects

Posted 01 August 2019

A letter from Bannermans Laywers to Building Stronger Foundations Consultation Department of Finance, Services and Innovation…

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Letter to the Minister regarding Building Defects in Leasehold Strata Title Properties

Building Defects

Posted 01 August 2019

A letter from Bannermans Laywers to the Minister regarding Building Defects in Leasehold Strata Title Properties…

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Fire Risk Cladding – Urgent Government Action Required to the City of Sydney

Building Defects

Posted 05 June 2019

The list of Sydney properties on the combustible cladding register has been made public and the results are shocking. 341 properties are on the register in Sydney alone and many of these are high prof…

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Aluminum Cladding – Dealing with the NSW cladding taskforce request

Building Defects

Posted 23 April 2019

In the wake of the devastating London Fire, NSW Fair Trading is finally taking action concerning non-compliant aluminium cladding. It has formed the NSW Cladding Taskforce and is writing to owners in…

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Don’t let your Cladding Statutory Warranties Expire: FAQ’s

Building Defects, eBooks

Posted 09 April 2019

The NSW Cladding Taskforce has already audited 185,000 buildings across NSW and has issued 33,000 safety letters to building owners and residents recommending certain actions. Out of 2,300 buildings i…

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Esky Apartments, Definition of Flammable Cladding & Lacrosse Fire Legislation

Building Defects

Posted 05 April 2019

Following the Lacrosse Fire in Melbourne and the tragedy of the Grenfell fire in London, authorities in NSW have now taken action to start addressing the risks arising from flammable cladding.…

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Owners Beware: Jurisdictional Problems with Agreements to extend Statutory Warranties

Building Defects

Posted 03 April 2019

Bannermans Lawyers have for some time been warning Owners to be wary of agreements offered by builders and developers to extend Home Building Act (“HBA”) warranties, to stave off legal proceedings…

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