Alert | Con­struc­tion indus­try update: When is reme­di­al build­ing work exempt devel­op­ment? 11 July 2023

Jul 11, 2023

The Depart­ment of Plan­ning and Envi­ron­ment has pub­lished a ​‘Reme­di­al Build­ing Work – State Envi­ron­men­tal Plan­ning Pol­i­cy (Exempt and Com­ply­ing…
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Is your Com­ply­ing Devel­op­ment Cer­tifi­cate valid?

Jul 3, 2023

In the recent deci­sion of Wol­londil­ly Shire Coun­cil v Kennedy [2023] NSWLEC 53 the Land and Envi­ron­ment Court has held that…
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NSW Con­struc­tion Update

Mar 13, 2023

Roberts v Good­win Street Devel­op­ments Pty Ltd [2023] NSW­CA 5 In a recent deci­sion hand­ed down by the NSW Court of Appeal it…
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Stra­ta Reme­di­al Update: Emer­gency Reme­di­al Build­ing Works

Mar 1, 2023

The NSW Depart­ment of Cus­tomer Ser­vice has released a Fact Sheet: Emer­gency Reme­di­al Build­ing Work: https://​www​.fair​trad​ing​.nsw​.gov​.au/​t​r​a​d​e​s​-​a​n​d​-​b​u​s​i​n​e​s​s​e​s​/​c​o​n​s​t​r​u​c​t​i​o​n​-​a​n​d​-​t​r​a​d​e​-​e​s​s​e​n​t​i​a​l​s​/​w​o​r​k​i​n​g​-​o​n​-​c​l​a​s​s​-​2​-​b​u​i​l​d​i​n​g​s​/​b​u​i​l​d​i​n​g​-​p​r​a​c​t​i​t​i​o​n​e​r​-​o​b​l​i​g​a​t​i​o​n​s​/​e​m​e​r​g​e​n​c​y​-​r​e​m​e​d​i​a​l​-​b​u​i​l​d​i​n​g​-work This Fact Sheet has been…
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Shift­ing the dial on build­ing defects lia­bil­i­ty – a greater risk for com­pa­ny direc­tors and devel­op­ers under recent leg­isla­tive reform

Feb 10, 2023

Under the Home Build­ing Act 1989, claimants in defec­tive build­ing cas­es against cor­po­rate builders and/​or cor­po­rate devel­op­ers may hit a road­block…
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New Employ­ment Zones to com­mence April 2023 | Plan­ning & Environment

Dec 22, 2022

The New South Wales Gov­ern­ment has amend­ed Local Envi­ron­men­tal Plans to replace Busi­ness and Indus­tri­al Zones with new ​‘Employ­ment Zones’.  The…
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Grad­u­ate Inter­view Series | Steven Wang

Aug 2, 2022

Why did you choose Swaab? I chose Swaab because they offered an oppor­tu­ni­ty for a spe­cialised prop­er­ty grad­u­ate. I applied because I want­ed to…
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Reme­di­al Works Are Dif­fer­ent | NSW Con­struc­tion Reform

Jul 25, 2022

The real­i­ty of the NSW Con­struc­tion reform for the reme­di­al industry Reme­di­al is an inte­gral part of the con­struc­tion industry. Twelve months…
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Swaab 2022 Lawyer Inter­view Series | Car­ly Lennan

Jul 6, 2022

Why did you become a lawyer? I was one of those annoy­ing kids walk­ing around telling peo­ple from a very young age…
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The evo­lu­tion of a legal team, intro­duc­ing Swaab’s team ser­vic­ing the prop­er­ty industry

Jun 17, 2022

The pace of trans­for­ma­tion, increased vol­ume and com­plex­i­ty of projects has con­tin­ued unabat­ed with­in the prop­er­ty sec­tor. As one of…
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