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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.

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Commercial litigation – stay alert

Building and Construction, Building and Construction, Commercial 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.

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.

A bad plan

Conveyancing, Building and Construction, Building and Construction 20 Jul 18

A critical issue for any purchaser of an ‘off the plan’ property is ensuring the actual property accords with what they intended to purchase. Therefore, when giving pre-contractual advice to purchasers, it is essential to identify any deficiencies in documentation that could hinder a proper assessment by the purchaser.

Old claims, new laws

Conveyancing, Building and Construction, Building and Construction 01 Oct 14

The following article covers common claims related to preparing S32 statements.

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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