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 […]
Congratulations to Construct Law Group Crystal Ray who has recently been announced as President of the Queensland Chapter of the Building Dispute Practitioners’ Society.
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[…]