Defective Building Work - Know Your Rights as a New Homeowner in Queensland
by Drazen Kozaric Building your dream home should be exciting—not a legal nightmare. But if you’re facing construction defects, it’s important to act fast. What Counts as Defective Building Work? Defective work includes anything that is faulty or
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Ethical competitor or pricing predator?
By Michelle Cirson The Australian construction industry is no stranger to price-wars, underpricing and zero percent margins. With supply and demand imposing a volatile tug-o-war over work in the pipeline, contractors have resorted to buying work to
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Five Day Extension to Settlement Now Possible in Queensland
By John Warlow On 20 January 2022 the REIQ released new versions of its contracts for the sale of houses and apartments in Queensland. The new contracts contain a number of amendments. But most importantly they contain a new Clause 6.2 which gives e
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Virtual AGM's & Electronic execution and witnessing of documents during Covid 19
The government has passed the Justice Legislation (Covid-19 Emergency Response – Documents and Oaths) Regulation 2020 which allows documents to be temporarily witnessed by a Special Witness (being an Australian Legal Practitioner) to witness document
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BUILDERS & SUBCONTRACTORS | Tips to ensure you are paid
Getting paid in the building industry is sometimes more difficult than winning a job in the first place. In this article John Warlow goes through the best ways for builders and subcontractors to ensure they receive payment.1. Have clear written agree
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