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Does an owner need to give a builder an opportunity to rectify defects to mitigate its loss?
The New South Wales Court of Appeal has recently upheld an owners corporation’s claim for defect rectification costs, finding that there was no failure to mitigate its loss by…
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Western Australia’s first statutory debt decision under its Security of Payment Act: A $17 million liability resting on a technical argument regarding service
Western Australia has seen its first case where a respondent has been held liable to pay a claimed amount under the Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act…