BuildLaw Issue 55

September 2024

Content

  • From the Editor
  • BuildLaw in Brief
  • Collateral contracts on a collision course?
  • Sense and violence: English courts reject offshore construction contractor’s $25 million indemnity insurance claim because its interpretation of the policy made no commercial sense and did violence to the language
  • When the work changes the character of the property: Lessons in tax deductions from Lawrence v Commissioner of Inland Revenue
  • Case in Brief: No aspect of the defective workmanship with which they were not involved – New Zealand High Court finds builder negligent
  • Federal Court: Adjudication decision that has been enforced cannot be stayed.
  • Limits of weathertightness resolution scheme tested in High Court case
  • Five times the fee: High Court upholds limitation of liability clauses in transport hub design dispute

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