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All members of the building and construction industry in NSW and Queensland should be aware of these significant reforms.

A new certification process will streamline the approval process and apply to residential and commercial developments.

The Commonwealth Government has introduced legislation to amend the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act.

The construction industry is disproportionately represented in insolvencies, so developers should be aware of the risks.

This Act is in response to continued and growing concerns about the quality of NSW residential apartment construction.

The Mascot and Opal Towers crises have raised questions to legislative and certifying regimes for purchaser protections.

If you wish to vary an approved development, you must seek planning approval, to avoid a potential criminal conviction.

You first need to try to resolve the matter amicably with your neighbour, before a court will make any order for access.

An owner builder gives the same promises as a builder with a building contract, so can also be sued for defective work.

Local governments and developers must maintain availability of urban green space despite increasing difficulties.

What rights do you have? Can you own your own view?

The Court recently dismissed an appeal for a development application for a 10-storey building at Oxlade Drive, New Farm.

The Court dismissed a submitter appeal against an approval for a three storey apartment building located in Greenslopes.

Developers should be aware that an updated certificate must be applied for in the event that a project is delayed.

A Clayton Utz team worked alongside the AquaSure consortium throughout the bidding process, providing strategic and commercial advice on both the bidding documentation and financing arrangements for the project.

The new NSW strata legislation commenced late in 2016 with the showstopper reform that owners in a strata scheme can now take part in a collective sale of the whole scheme on a 75% and above vote.

This was an application to the Court for Orders that changes to the proposed development constituted a minor change.