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Suing for Water Damage Under Section 16 Water Act
If water from a neighbouring property has damaged your home or investment property in Victoria, section 16 of the Water Act 1989 gives you a direct path to recovery, but only if you can prove exactly where the flow came from and why it was unreasonable.
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Gathering Expert Evidence in Property Damage Cases
When a property damage claim moves toward recovery, the tradesperson who fixed the problem and the expert who can prove liability in court are rarely the same person.
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AFCA's Limits Fail Policyholders on Large Claims
AFCA serves a purpose for small insurance disputes, but once claims grow past $100,000, its no-costs model and relaxed evidence standards tilt the process toward insurers in ways most policyholders never realise.
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Why Insurers Use Weak Experts to Deny Claims
The most common reason a property insurance claim gets denied is also the most contestable: evidence from a preferred repairer who has never set foot in a courtroom.
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Disputed Insurance Claims. Why Action Beats IDR
When an insurer denies a property damage claim and won't move despite challenge, the problem isn't the law, it's institutional psychology, and only one thing breaks it.
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