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    Construction Law Update May 2019

    40 minutes  14.06.2019 Richard Crawford, Andrew Hales, Michael Creedon, David Pearce, Alison Sewell, Owen Cooper, James Kearney, Tom French

    Our May edition of CLU details relevant decisions in the Supreme and Appellate Courts of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. The decisions provide commentary on (among other issues): errors in expert determination; circumstances in which it will be reasonable for an owner to refuse a builder the opportunity to access property to rectify; whether an implied waiver can apply across multiple contracts for different projects; the importance of immediate service of an adjudication application; and the operation of the consumer protective legislation and the subsequent warrantees and guarantees that it will imply into domestic building contracts in favour of the owners.

     

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    In the Australian courts

    New South Wales

    • How low can you go: The threshold to defeat a statutory demand may be low but a 'manufactured' claim is not enough | Grandview Ausbuilder Pty Ltd v Budget Demolitions Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 60
    • Errors of law in expert determination procedures | Lainson Holdings Pty Ltd v Duffy Kennedy Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 576
    • Motivations of a 'profit-maximising developer' relevant to assessment of causation | Loulach Developments Pty Ltd v Roads and Maritime Services [2019] NSWSC 438
    • You have the right to remain reasonable | The Owners – Strata Plan No. 89041 v Galyan Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 619

    Queensland

    • An implied waiver may apply across different contracts | SHA Premier Constructions Pty Ltd v Lanskey Constructions & Ors [2019] QSC 81
    • Movement of retaining walls remains not a cause of property loss | Delta Pty Ltd v Mechanical and Construction Insurance Pty Ltd [2019] QCA 62
    • Failure to serve an adjudication application form is fatal | Niclin Constructions Pty Ltd v SHA Premier Constructions Pty Ltd & Anor [2019] QSC 91
    • Certain events occurring outside Queensland may lead to the cancellation of a builder's licence in Queensland | Vickers v Queensland Building and Construction Commission & Ors [2019] QCA 66

    Victoria

    • DBCA 'no fault' termination payments and defect rectification costs | Shao v AG Advanced Construction Pty Ltd [2019] VSCA 93
    • Defective works? Double whack from the ACL and DBCA | Greco v Basiri (Building and Property) [2019] VCAT 555

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