The High Court revises its approach – employee or independent contractor
Two landmark decisions handed down yesterday, have seen the High Court revise the approach to determining if a worker is an employee or independent contractor: ZG Operations Australia Pty...
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Some contract basics for people involved in the building industry
Some contract basics for people involved in the building industry… (whether as builders, subcontractors or owners) Recent experience of dispute resolution in the building and construction sector has led...
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Does a Council owe a duty of care when issuing an Occupation Certificate?
Does a Council owe a duty of care to a purchaser when issuing a final Occupation Certificate? The case of Ku-ring-gai Council v Chan NSWCA 226 provides some guidance. The Facts...
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Builder Dispute Resolution Process
What do you do if you’re in a dispute with your builder? It is quite common for a building dispute to arise when you are building or renovating your...
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Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace
Does drug and alcohol testing fall under OH&S initiatives? A recent decision by the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has confirmed the importance of employer occupational...
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A helpful tip if you are intending to build
It has become common in recent times for builders of spec homes to enter into a preliminary agreement with their customers to cover such things as site consultancy, preliminary...
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The Statutory Warranties Available Under The Home Building Act, 1989
The Legislation 1. Section 18B of the Home Building Act, 1989, provides that whenever licensed contractors carry out residential building work, there is implied into the contract certain warranties...
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What you need to know about the NSW Government’s new construction guidelines
New procurement Guidelines for all NSW infrastructure projects will come into effect on 1 July 2013. Changes to the existing guidelines were driven by the Hon. Mike Baird (NSW...
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Spotlight firmly on insolvency in construction industry
NSW GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS HOW TO PROTECT SUB-CONTRACTORS, 25 OCTOBER 2012 A Discussion and Issues Paper Inquiry into construction industry insolvency in NSW (Issues Paper) has been released and is...
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Preventing the preventable and preserving your insurance cover
Periodically I write stories in our newsletter about real life commercial disasters which are so easily preventable but which have a habit of recurring with such frustratingly monotonous regularity...
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