Brirek Industries Pty Ltd v McKenzie Group Consulting (VIC) Pty Ltd [2014] VSCA 165: Building actions limitation period issues settled at 10 years by Victorian Court of Appeal. In a decision which has implications for some other s...

A recent surge in un-litigated complaints from homeowners in Melbourne's outer suburbs coupled with a largely unheralded decision in the Domestic Building List of the Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), has the p...

On 17 April 2014, the Government published an advance release of the Building and Construction Industry (Fair and Lawful Building Sites) Code 2014. When this code commences, its provisions will apply retrospectively to enterprise...

Dramatic changes to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) (SOPA) will come into effect this Monday, 21 April 2014. The consequences of these amendments are far-reaching and may be rolled out in ...

The Victorian Government revealed a number of red tape reforms recently in an attempt to reduce escalating costs and boost efficiency in the Victorian building industry. Reforms Thirty-six reforms were announced, covering a wi...

In our previous article, we highlighted the key changes that the Federal Coalition propose to introduce into Federal Parliament, as part of its industrial relations policy, within three months of taking power. Now only two mont...