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Royal Commissions Spectacle or Genuine Reform
With Victoria's Royal Commission into major construction projects underway, the real question is not who gets called or charged. It is what actually comes out the other end.
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Does Victorian Building Warranty Insurance Really Protect Subsequent Owners
A significant concern is emerging about the practical protection warranty insurance gives to people who buy a home after the building works are finished. Fall-Armytage brings it into focus.
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Hydro Consolidation and Earth Movement Exclusions in Property Insurance
Hydro consolidation, or soil collapse, is a property damage hazard where dry loose soils suddenly settle when they get wet. Whether the policy responds turns on the proximate cause.
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Why Insurers Are So Poor at Instructing Expert Witnesses
Insurers, for their own reasons, are terrible at instructing expert witnesses in domestic building and property damage matters. Please, somebody debate me on this.
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Time Limits for Building Defect Claims in Victoria Just Got More Complicated
Claimants have 10 years to sue from the Occupancy Permit or Certificate of Final Inspection, but where there was no building permit Gledhill imposed a six year limit. The new RO powers make it messier.
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