UPDATE: STANDARDS AUSTRALIA HAS CONFIRMED THAT AS11000 WILL NOT BE RELEASED, STATING THAT THE CONTRACT ‘WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE FULL SPECTRUM OF INTERESTS’. INTRODUCTION Standard Australia recently released a new draft General Conditions of Contract named...
INTRODUCTION ‘Without Prejudice’ is an expression which attaches privilege to written or verbal statements made by parties during alternative dispute resolution. Without prejudice privilege ensures that such statements will not be admissible in court as evidence...
INTRODUCTION Developers and contractors may require access to an adjoining property for construction purposes such as: installing rock anchors beneath the adjoining property; erecting, scaffolding or hoarding on the boundary of the sites; having a crane swing...
INTRODUCTION Major changes to the home building legislation commenced on 15 January 2015. Those changes will affect most players in the residential building sector such as builders, subcontractors, tradespeople, owners, owners corporations, property investors,...
INTRODUCTION The ‘prevention principle’ is an established principle under English law whereby a party may not enforce a contract term against the other party where it has prevented the other party from performing that obligation. The prevention principle...
INTRODUCTION Many contractors are increasingly using information exchange systems, such as Dropbox, Apples iDrive or Sugarsync to send large documents to principals and other project consultants. Information exchange systems allow users to share a large file through a...
