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COVID-19 UPDATE – LIFE GOING BACK TO NORMAL? – CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
It is announced that the NSW Government has updated the roadmap for easing restrictions after the 95% double dose vaccination target is reached, or from 15 December 2021, whichever comes first. The adjustments the NSW Government proposes to make once the above...
REMINDER OF CHANGES TO AND RECENT AMENDMENTS TO THE NSW SECURITY OF PAYMENT ACT
As you may or may not have known, amendments to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) (Act), which affected the way progress payments in the construction industry were to be applied from 21 October 2019. Those amendments were to...
Release of lockdown
The NSW Government has announced that our state has passed the 70% double vaccination target. As a result, there will be an easing of a number of restrictions as part of the release of lockdown Today, Monday 11 October 2021. From this date the NSW Building and...
Employers, Employees and Contractors – COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
Earlier this year, Reverend the Honourable Fred Nile proposed the Public Health Amendment (Vaccination Compensation) Bill 2021 to the House. The Bill proposed to address the issue and impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on the economy and society. With respect to the...
URGENT COVID-19 UPDATE
The NSW State Government announced on 12 August 2021 that the following Local Government Areas (LGAs) now have travel and gathering restrictions applied from 5.00pm 12 August 2021. BaysideBurwoodStrathfield All residents in these suburbs who are defined as an...
Vaccination required for construction workers to resume?
Over the last fortnight, representatives of the industry have held daily meetings with variousGovernment representatives to consider amendments to restrictions to enable a further re-openingof the industry. It is imperative that industry professionals, and...
Cases
Smith, in the matter of Reischl v Reischl
Case Number: [2020] FCA 1852
Waco Kwikform Ltd v Complete Access Scaffolding (NSW) Pty Ltd [2020]
Year: 2020
Date of Judgment: 30 November 2020
Bajic v Paraskevopoulos; Paraskevopoulos v Bajic; Lazarevich v Bajic
Case Number: NSWCAT
Jing Li v Jin Lian Group Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 479 (20 April 2018) – citation
Case Number: NSWSC 479
First Instance interlocutory
Department Of Finance (NSW Fair Trading) v Aussie Building Inspections (NSW) Pty Limited
Final hearing
Norwest Group Pty Ltd
Case Number: NSCSC 1398