Non-Compliant Building Products

1 September 2017

A large number of non-compliant building products are making their way into the Australian construction market, as dynamic and flexible international trade becomes the norm. For all professionals involved in building design and construction,...

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Building Dispute Resolution Scheme

29 May 2017

New Building Dispute Resolution Scheme for Victoria Victorian architects should be aware of a new dispute resolution scheme which will affect them if they are involved in a domestic building dispute with their owner...

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Protecting Your Small Business

29 May 2017

3 Key Questions to Help Safeguard Your Business Running a small business is challenging in the best of times, so it is not surprising that many small business owners put risk protection in the...

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The Benefits of One Stop Insurance Shopping

3 March 2017

Many of our clients already work with us to manage both their Professional Risks and General Insurance needs. For these clients this results in a greatly simplified and more cost effective management of their...

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Cyber Crime – Protect Your Business

3 March 2017

Last month, both Houses of Federal Parliament passed amendments to the Privacy Act introducing mandatory reporting of data breaches. The Bill is expected to become law in the next 12 months and all companies...

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Pursuing Unpaid Fees and Defending a Refund of Fees Claim

27 February 2017

Your professional indemnity insurance policy covers you for your civil liability arising out of the provision of professional services. Civil liability is your contractual liability, your negligence and your liability under the Competition and...

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Principal Arranged Construction Insurance

28 November 2016

The Benefits for Owners & Developers Whilst traditionally it has been the responsibility of the Building Contractor to arrange the Construction insurances, it is becoming increasingly more common for construction insurance to be “Principal...

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The Need for Public & Products Liability Run Off Cover

28 November 2016

There is a myth that an Insured never needs to purchase run-off cover for an occurrence-based policy. Public Liability is one such policy. When you consider a public liability policy in detail and link...

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Do your contracts contain ‘Unfair Terms’?

28 November 2016

The new legislation is upon us… The new Unfair Contract Terms law (new law) has the potential to impact upon a broad range of construction industry contracts, including those dealing with the supply of...

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Claims Management PSA

28 November 2016

INFORMATION RELATING TO A CLAIM AGAINST AN ARCHITECT TO BE PROVIDED TO THE ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE BOARD OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. It is a requirement of section 60 of the Architectural Practice Act 2009 (South Australia)...

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