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Helen Kowal
Partner

Helen Kow­al speaks with Source­able on the ques­tions sur­round­ing why build­ing dis­putes occur and how these can be avoided.

Helen shares insights and strate­gies on how to avoid dis­putes. You can find the full inter­view ​‘here’.

If you would like to repub­lish this arti­cle, it is gen­er­al­ly approved, but pri­or to doing so please con­tact the Mar­ket­ing team at marketing@​swaab.​com.​au. This arti­cle is not legal advice and the views and com­ments are of a gen­er­al nature only. This arti­cle is not to be relied upon in sub­sti­tu­tion for detailed legal advice.

Publications

Changes to the Build­ing and Con­struc­tion Indus­try Secu­ri­ty of Pay­ment Act 1999

Res­i­den­tial home build­ing work car­ried out by a home builder for an own­er occu­pi­er home­own­er has (until very recent­ly as not­ed…

Helen Kowal’s arti­cle pub­lished in Source​able​.net | Final­ly, Bet­ter Build­ing Prac­tices are Being Enforced

Back in 2019, frus­trat­ed in my pro­fes­sion as to how many build­ing defects appear in mul­ti-storey res­i­den­tial build­ings short­ly after…

Stra­ta Schemes Gen­er­al Meet­ings in light of COVID-19

It has just been announced that the NSW Par­lia­ment is con­sid­er­ing reforms to the Stra­ta Schemes Man­age­ment Act 2015 (SSMA)…

In the News

NSW Con­struc­tion Indus­try Shut Down – Fur­ther Clar­i­fi­ca­tions | 6 August 2021

In brief:cer­tain works can recom­mence on con­struc­tion sites which are deemed both unoc­cu­pied and occu­pied sites out­side of ​‘affect­ed areas’.* While…

Con­struc­tion Shut Down Update – Recom­mis­sion­ing or Com­mence­ment works allowed on cer­tain Con­struc­tion Sites as of 29 July 2021

On 28 July 2021, the Min­is­ter passed amend­ments to clause 24AB intro­duced on 18 July 2021 under the Pub­lic Health…

Inter­view | Con­struc­tion com­pa­nies must avoid cost­ly legal disputes

Helen shares insights and strate­gies on how to avoid dis­putes. You can find the full inter­view ​‘here’. …

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