16

Feb

Don’t give an adjudicator the chance to get it wrong

Don’t give an adjudicator the chance to get it wrong –Two recent high decisions have confirmed that even if an adjudication decision is wrong at law, it cannot be set-aside unless the adjudicator’s error is ‘jurisdictional’ in nature: Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Shade Systems Pty Ltd [2018] HCA 4 and Maxcon Constructions Pty Ltd v […]

Commercial Contract Advice

16

Oct

Legal Update – Repeal of the domestic building contracts act

On 16 October 2014 the Queensland Government approved the Queensland Building and Construction Commission and Other Legislation Bill 2014 (Bill). The Bill will repeal the Domestic Building Contracts Act 2000 (Qld) (DBC Act) and replace it with new provisions in the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1994 (Qld) (QBCC Act) that will regulate the contractual requirements[…]