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In the recent case of Queensland Building and Construction Commission v Smith [2024] QDC 101, the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) sought to recover amounts it had paid under the home warranty statutory insurance scheme (Scheme) from a director of a deregistered building company. The preliminary legal issue was whether the former director could be held […]

What is Conciliation? The Queensland Building and Construction Commission are piloting a conciliation process – here is what we know. The QBCC are piloting a mediation / conciliation dispute resolution process (in addition to the EDR process currently in place) that is intended to deliver a conciliation service between homeowners and contractors to “secure outcomes ratified in an[…]

2023 marks nine years since our boutique law firm, Construct Law Group, was founded. This is an exciting milestone in and of itself which we could not have achieved without the hard work of our team, and our clients. Throughout the year, our team delivered exceptional legal services to hundreds of new and existing clients involved in[…]