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Category Archives: Building Disputes- Expert Witness
Building Expert Witnesses, are they independent?
Unfortunately many expert witnesses are just mouthpieces or lap dogs for their clients and that is contrary to their roles and their declarations of paramount duty to assist the tribunal or the court. What should an expert witness do? Expert … Continue reading
Building contract, don’t get too close to your contractor!
Many people building and renovating make mistake of getting too friendly with their contractor which can come back to bite them. There is nothing wrong with natural tendency to be courteous and nice to tradies doing the job on your … Continue reading
Building dispute mediation, the art of balance.
Some time ago I was fortunate to be in a position to help two parties resolve their building dispute. It was one of those situations that had left a bad feeling between two residents in a small country town in … Continue reading
Expert Witness evidence in VCAT prevails! Contractor wins judgment for payment 100%!
In this case a tiling contractor was not paid approximately $9000 for allegedly defective work and was facing trumped up owner’s counter claim of more than $70, 000, enough for anyone to get a splitting headache. The owner, a qualified … Continue reading
Building dispute, defective brickwork, sometimes the hill to climb is too high!
About two years ago I prepared expert report in relation to defective brickwork. The clients, husband and wife were extremely distressed and I expected that the dispute would follow to VCAT. However I had not heard from them and I … Continue reading
Building Dispute in VCAT, my client wins! Brickwork Defects.
Recently my client had a win in VCAT getting substantial award against the builder for defective brickwork. Despite having no experience and no funds to bring me along as expert witness she took on the case and won through sheer … Continue reading
Building Dispute, blaming others for your faults!
In another of my older cases (2007) my client, a renderer (yes the same one, some have all the luck!) was not paid approximately 10K for rendering a large two storey home. The owner builder(this time a registered builder) claimed … Continue reading
Building Dispute, any excuse not to pay!
Owner builders often run out of money, their projects stall and tradies don’t get paid. This is one of my older cases (2006)where rendering contractor working on a house was not paid under excuse that the work was defective. The … Continue reading
Building Expert, storm damage dispute, Insurer’s builder knocked out for six!
Recently I had a call from an angry owner who was to be charged thousands of dollars extra for repairs to his home by the insurer’s builder under the excuse that there was excessive rot in the home. After the … Continue reading
BUILDING EXPERT ADVICE, RETAIL TENANCY
I was recently commissioned to inspect commercial premises that my client was negotiating to lease. The premises were the subject of a fire and repairs. Landlord was not coming forth with sufficient level of detail in regard to the property … Continue reading
