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Tem­po­rary Dis­con­for­mi­ty in Build­ing Defects: Myth, Not Law

The ​“tem­po­rary dis­con­for­mi­ty” argu­ment in con­struc­tion dis­putes sug­gests that defec­tive work iden­ti­fied before prac­ti­cal com­ple­tion is not a breach while the builder retains a con­trac­tu­al right to rec­ti­fy. NSW courts have con­sis­tent­ly reject­ed this propo­si­tion, con­firm­ing that defec­tive work con­sti­tutes a breach at the time it is performed.The notion of ​“tem­po­rary dis­con­for­mi­ty” is some­times…

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 27 March 2026 to dis­cuss the First Case Man­age­ment Hear­ing in the pro­ceed­ings brought by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARN

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Game Chang­ers Radio pod­cast host­ed by Craig Bruce and Irene Hulme on 27 March 2026 to dis­cuss the First Case Man­age­ment Hear­ing in the pro­ceed­ings brought by Kyle Sandi­lands against ARN.To lis­ten to the full pod­cast click here…

Senior Asso­ciate or Spe­cial Coun­sel | Property

About the roleWe are look­ing for a bright, moti­vat­ed, client focused, expe­ri­enced Senior Asso­ciate with min­i­mum 8 years PQE to work direct­ly with our Part­ners in the Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning and Projects (PPP) team. This will be a broad role work­ing on the following:Review­ing, draft­ing and nego­ti­at­ing agree­ments for lease and leas­es and ancil­lary documentsAdvis­ing clients (ven­dors and pur­chas­es)…

We wel­comed trainee lawyer from Ger­many through Mer­i­tas network

Ear­li­er this year we wel­comed trainee lawyer Char­lotte Schnitzen­baumer from Munich-based law firm GvW Graf von West­phalen for a three‑month inter­na­tion­al place­ment. The ini­tia­tive under­scores our com­mit­ment to glob­al col­lab­o­ra­tion, tal­ent devel­op­ment and the prac­ti­cal val­ue of its long‑standing mem­ber­ship in the Mer­i­tas glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent law firms.Char­lotte, who is com­plet­ing…

Press Release | New Asso­ciate Appoint­ment — Lee San Liong

With an inter­na­tion­al back­ground and pro­fi­cien­cy in mul­ti­ple lan­guages, Lee San works close­ly with clients from diverse back­grounds to deliv­er prac­ti­cal, com­mer­cial­ly focused solu­tions. Her glob­al per­spec­tive and col­lab­o­ra­tive approach enable her to nav­i­gate com­plex prop­er­ty mat­ters with a strong focus on client outcomes.“Our firm con­tin­ues to grow in align­ment with our…