BuildLaw Issue 56

December 2024

Content

  • From the Editor
  • BuildLaw in Brief
  • Nosey neighbour confirms “cover up” of leaky home: High Court awards damages for full cost of repair and lost opportunity to first home buyers after four year fight for justice
  • Court of Appeal confirms dismissal of ‘leaky building’ class action
  • Design and Building Practitioners Act, 2020: New South Wales court wastes no time in holding tradesman to account
  • Case in Brief: Like for like? Court of Appeal makes important points on replacement policy provisions
  • Out of time: Court of Appeal finds no reason to add gloss to the meaning of late knowledge under the Limitation Act 2010
  • Leaky homes and neighbourly woes – water you worried about?
  • Resisting enforcement of adjudication decisions: set off or no set off?
  • Late-payers beware: the ice is thinner than you think…

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