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BW Alerts
November 2011
Amendments to the Home Building Act 1989
On 19 October 2011, the New South Wales Government passed various amendments to the Home Building Act 1989. The amendments take effect, generally on assent, which was on 25 October 2011.
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August 2010
Owners Corporations and Builders Battle for Control: The Proportionate Liability Defence and the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW)
The most recent battleground for control of legal strategy between builders and owners corporations has taken place in the recent decision Owners Corporation Strata Plan 72357 v Dasco Constructions Pty Ltd & Ors [2010] NSWSC 819.
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August 2011
Clarification of 'wasted cost orders' by the Land and Environment Court
The Land and Environment Court has recently dismissed a notice of motion seeking an order that there be a wasted cost order under section 99 of the Civil Procedure Act, 2005 against the former lawyers for the parties seeking the order.
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July 2010
The ACT parliament adopts a security of payment regime
On 26 November 2009, the ACT parliament assented to the Building & Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act [ACT SOPA]. The legislation came into effect on 1 July 2010.
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May 2011
Challenges for Developers under the new Unfair Contracts Law
On 1 July 2010 the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) was introduced. The ACL gives the Australian Securities and Investments Commission extensive new powers to regulate the fairness of consumer contracts.
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March 2009
An Australian Perspective on the New Convention to Replace the Hague Visby Rules on the Carriage of Goods by Sea
The New Convention
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February 2011
Retail Leases Amendments Bill 2011
In January 2011 the NSW Government released an exposure draft of the Retail Lease Amendment Bill 2011. This is a summary of some of the more significant amendments outlined in the Draft Bill.
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May 2007
Insurers beware – words may fail you!
CGU Insurance Ltd v Porthouse [2007] NSWCA 80
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November 2010
Blackstone Waterhouse Taking Lexis Affinity Library to the Cloud
“Staff no longer need to wait until they are back in the office to answer client queries or carry out simple tasks".
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January 2006
How to manage risk – a few tricks of the trade
In the now not-so-new world of intensified levels of corporate and personal accountability, it has become crucial for all businesses and those involved in business operations to have in place effective systems of risk management.
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October 2010
Up in the Clouds
For Danny Arraj, the managing partner of Sydney
firm Blackstone Waterhouse, the hindrance of technology on productivity
provided the catalyst to explore alternatives via cloud computing.
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