Recent Supreme Court Decision confirms that an adjudication decision is void and of no effect where a valid “construction contract” does not exist. The recent case of GCB Constructions Pty Ltd v SEQ Formwork Pty Ltd & Ors [2023] QSC 71 (GCB v SEQ) considered the validity of an adjudicator’s decision in circumstances where it was determined […]
In the recent QCAT decision of McSwan & Anor v Weaver [2023] QCAT 148, home owners were unsuccessful in suing a builder for negligence because they were not considered vulnerable in circumstances where they had failed to ensure they entered into a legally enforceable domestic building contract. Brief background The owners engaged a builder to construct a[…]