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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.

LPLC Articles

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).
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LPLC Articles

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.
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LIJ Articles

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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