In Delta Pty Ltd v Mechanical and Construction Insurance Pty Ltd, Queensland Investment Corp had contracted with Delta to undertake some excavation work in preparation for the construction of a high-rise building. Delta had subcontracted the installation of rock anchors for four retaining walls to Team Rock Anchors Pty Ltd (TRA). The work of TRA

In this article, Laina Chan explores the evolution and development of the law in relation to the penumbral duty of care of solicitors and notes the increased willingness of the New South Wales Court of Appeal in recent times to find the existence of a penumbral duty of care in certain circumstances. The author notes

This article will trace the evolution of the common law concept of caveat emptor where a vendor only had to disclose latent defects in title whether or not known to the vendor, to the constraints now placed on vendors via their obligations pursuant to s 52A of the Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) and s 18

The Design and Building Practitioners Act provides that a person who carries out ‘construction work’ has a duty to exercise reasonable care to avoid economic loss caused by defects in, or related to, a building for which the work was done. The article can be downloaded here

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 International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth) and the domestic Commercial Arbitration