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Should Victoria Abolish Owner Builder Laws?
Victoria requires registered builders to train, gain experience and hold insurance, yet an owner-builder can supervise major domestic building work with little practical construction experience.
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Professional Indemnity Insurance Is Not Designed to Protect Claimants
We often hear PI insurance exists to protect the public and consumers. That isn't what the product is designed to do. It is fundamentally a defence mechanism.
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Why New Building Law Will Not Fix Apartment Water Ingress Disputes
Changes to building law in Victoria will not resolve the most common problem in apartment defect disputes. Water ingress claims still sit largely outside the new dispute service.
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Why Plumbing in Victoria Has No Insurance Safety Net
The amount of plumbing related building defects I see in Victoria is astonishingly high. Often they exceed all other defects. Yet the insurance that should respond has become a farce.
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A Neighbour Is Building and Why a Protection Works Notice Is Never Just a Form
More and more I am seeing protection works disputes become disputes about access to land, adverse possession, boundary issues, building defects and property damage.
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