In the media
Building Stronger Homes Roundtable generates ideas to
support homes against natural disasters
The Building Stronger Homes Roundtable convened by the
Insurance Council of Australia and Master Builders Australia has
proposed a number of disaster mitigation and resilience initiatives
that will help to strengthen existing homes and communities against
extreme weather events (19 February 2021). More.
Housing construction eclipses records
Construction on new houses will hit a record high this
year, however, there are concerns this boom could be short-lived.
Demographic shifts and HomeBuilder boosted this number however land
constraints will limit new builds according to HIA (18 February
2021). More.
New South Wales
PROCEDURE - CIVIL PROCEEDINGS IN STATE AND TERRITORY
COURTS - COSTS - OFFERS OF COMPROMISE, PAYMENTS INTO COURT AND
SETTLEMENTS - OFFER OF COMPROMISE OR OFFER TO SETTLE OR CONSENT TO
JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO RULES - GENERALLY - where there was a claim
and counterclaim - where the appellant made an all-up
offer to settle all claims in the proceeding which was
expressed to be under ch 9 pt 5 of the Uniform Civil Procedure
Rules 1999 (
the Rules) - where the offer did not
distinguish between the claim and counterclaim - where the trial
judge held that rr 360 and 361 of the Rules did not apply to the