CMF Projects Pty Ltd v Riggall [2014] QCA 318 In this matter the builder entered into a “costs plus” contract with the owner in relation to the renovations of the owner’s residence. In response to the owner’s defence that the builder was not entitled to recover because the contract did not comply with the Domestic […]
Ownership of commercial property entails many additional requirements to that of residential property. Section 425 of the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld) reads that if a workplace is a building that was constructed prior to 31 December 1989 then an asbestos register is required to be prepared and kept at the workplace. A […]
New legislation introduced earlier in 2014 incorporates significant reforms to the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld) (BCIPA), and is seeking to level the playing field by making BCIPA less claimant friendly and making procedural amendments to the operation of BCIPA. The extensive reforms focus on the following: adoption of a simplified ‘claim’ […]