Building and Construction - Legal Practitioners' Liability Committee

Keeping up to date with constantly evolving building and construction law is good risk management. Work in this area of law is often technical and time critical, and with
the ever-increasing time and cost pressures, simple errors occur.

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Alerts
Resources
Practice Risk Guides
Checklists

Unfair Contract Terms Regime Changes: Are you ready to advise clients?

Conveyancing, Building and Construction, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction 17 Nov 23

Significant changes to the unfair contract terms (UCT) regime in the Australian Consumer Law commenced on 9 November 2023. Almost all Australian businesses are affected by the UCT regime and should review their standard form consumer contracts and small business contracts to ensure they do not include any 'unfair contract terms'. Legal practitioners providing contractual advice are expected to be aware of and understand the changes to advise their clients. Failing to do so may result in severe consequences for clients (including substantial penalties) and expose practitioners to professional negligence claims.

Addition to Local Govt. Act 1989 (Vic): potential effects of cladding rectification agreements and charges on land

Building and Construction, Building and Construction 09 Nov 18

New service charges may be placed on land pursuant to a new part 8B in the Local Government Act 1989 (Vic) inserted by the Building Amendment (Registration of Building Trades and Other Matters) Act 2018 (Vic).

New ipso facto regime has commenced

Building and Construction, Building and Construction, Commercial 10 Aug 18

The amendments to the insolvency regime in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth) to restrict the rights of parties to enforce ipso facto clauses in new contracts came into effect on 1 July 2018.

Owner-builder danger zone

Conveyancing, Building and Construction, Building and Construction 03 Jul 11

Particular care must be taken when negotiating one complex area of property law. Owner-builder provisions can be disastrous for vendors and their solicitors in a falling property market.

Snapshot of Major Victorian Property Tax Changes effective from 1 January 2024

Conveyancing, Tax, GST, Leases, Building and Construction, Building and Construction 13 Dec 23

The State Taxation Acts and Other Acts Amendment Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 12 December 2023. The new law introduces significant property tax changes in Victoria with effect from 1 January 2024.

Economic entitlement in land – what you should know

Building and Construction, Tax, Building and Construction 17 Feb 22

The purpose of this alert is to raise practitioner awareness of the broadened ‘economic entitlement’ provisions in Part 4B of the Duties Act 2000 (Vic) (Duties Act) which took effect in June 2019.

Tax limitations

Conveyancing, Tax, GST, Leases, Personal Properties Securities, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction, Will Making, Powers of Attorney, Beneficiaries, Mortgages, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to tax.

Bankruptcy limitations

Conveyancing, Tax, Leases, Personal Properties Securities, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction, Will Making, Beneficiaries, Mortgages, Personal Properties Securities, Solicitors Certificates, Personal Injury, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to bankruptcy.

Building actions limitations

Building and Construction, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to building actions.

Statutory demand limitations

Leases, Building and Construction, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to statutory demand, a claim example and lessons learned.

Contribution limitations

Conveyancing, Tax, GST, Leases, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction, Mortgages, Personal Injury, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to contributions.

Contracts limitations

Conveyancing, Tax, GST, Leases, Personal Properties Securities, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction, Mortgages, Personal Properties Securities, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to contracts.

Appeals limitations

Conveyancing, Tax, GST, Leases, Building and Construction, Personal Properties Securities, Sale and Purchase of Business, GST, Building and Construction, Property settlements, Estate Administration, Mortgages, Personal Properties Securities, Personal Injury, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to appeals, a claim example and lessons learned.

International contracts for the sale of goods limitations

Conveyancing, GST, Leases, Building and Construction, Personal Properties Securities, Sale and Purchase of Business, GST, Building and Construction, Personal Properties Securities 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to international contracts for the sale of goods.

Instruments limitations

Conveyancing, Tax, GST, Leases, Personal Properties Securities, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction, Mortgages, Personal Properties Securities, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to instruments, a claim example and lesson learned.

Liquidator limitations

Conveyancing, Tax, GST, Leases, Building and Construction, Personal Properties Securities, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction, Personal Properties Securities 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to liquidation, a claim example and lessons learned.

Practice Risk Guides

Commercial litigation - stay alert

Building and Construction, Building and Construction, Commercial, Professional Responsibility 07 Sep 20

This LPLC Practice Risk Guide provides examples of how things can go wrong in commercial litigation and how practitioners can minimise the risk of a claim. Managing the client's expectation during litigation is the key to containing risks in this area.

Practice Risk Guides

Commercial litigation - stay alert

Building and Construction, Building and Construction, Commercial, Professional Responsibility 07 Sep 20

This LPLC Practice Risk Guide provides examples of how things can go wrong in commercial litigation and how practitioners can minimise the risk of a claim. Managing the client's expectation during litigation is the key to containing risks in this area.

Tax limitations

Conveyancing, Tax, GST, Leases, Personal Properties Securities, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction, Will Making, Powers of Attorney, Beneficiaries, Mortgages, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to tax.

Bankruptcy limitations

Conveyancing, Tax, Leases, Personal Properties Securities, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction, Will Making, Beneficiaries, Mortgages, Personal Properties Securities, Solicitors Certificates, Personal Injury, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to bankruptcy.

Building actions limitations

Building and Construction, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to building actions.

Statutory demand limitations

Leases, Building and Construction, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to statutory demand, a claim example and lessons learned.

Contribution limitations

Conveyancing, Tax, GST, Leases, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction, Mortgages, Personal Injury, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to contributions.

Contracts limitations

Conveyancing, Tax, GST, Leases, Personal Properties Securities, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction, Mortgages, Personal Properties Securities, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to contracts.

Appeals limitations

Conveyancing, Tax, GST, Leases, Building and Construction, Personal Properties Securities, Sale and Purchase of Business, GST, Building and Construction, Property settlements, Estate Administration, Mortgages, Personal Properties Securities, Personal Injury, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to appeals, a claim example and lessons learned.

International contracts for the sale of goods limitations

Conveyancing, GST, Leases, Building and Construction, Personal Properties Securities, Sale and Purchase of Business, GST, Building and Construction, Personal Properties Securities 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to international contracts for the sale of goods.

Instruments limitations

Conveyancing, Tax, GST, Leases, Personal Properties Securities, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction, Mortgages, Personal Properties Securities, Commercial 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to instruments, a claim example and lesson learned.

Liquidator limitations

Conveyancing, Tax, GST, Leases, Building and Construction, Personal Properties Securities, Sale and Purchase of Business, Building and Construction, Personal Properties Securities 05 Jun 23

Time limits most commonly missed in relation to liquidation, a claim example and lessons learned.

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