This article has been published as Chan, Two vexed issues in arbitration — The joinder of third parties and the arbitrability of indemnity issues — (2021) 31 ILJ 85. It looks at the approach of Australian courts to the extended definition of ‘party’ contained in the...
Confidence in the New South Wales (NSW) residential apartment building market following the highly publicised structural failures in the Opal Tower and Mascot Tower is at an all-time low. However, even prior to these two highly publicised failures, there had been a “cladding crisis” in...
Laina accepted an urgent brief from the NSW Bar Pro Bono Scheme to act for an elderly couple with dementia who were at risk of losing their ingoing contributions to a retirement village in Goyal v West. The operator was insolvent and receivers had been...
Australia and most of the world have a poor track record in delivering major infrastructure projects on time and on budget. 1 With infrastructure projects expected to be a key aspect of the economic recovery following the COVlD-19 pandemic, 2 the need to adopt a...
Mann v Paterson Constructions Pty Ltd was the first time that the High Court considered the issue of whether a claim in restitution for reasonable remuneration (quantum meruit) is available when a building contract is discharged following a repudiation. In Australia, intermediate appellate courts for...
Building and Construction, Commercial Disputes and International Arbitration, Insurance Coverage Disputes, Professional Indemnity
