The government’s legislation to reinstate the ABCC and bring back industry specific penalties and sanctions will return the rule of law to the construction industry, says the Housing Industry Association.
Other litigants in Gold Coast off-the-plan contract disputes have been able to convince a court that misrepresentations have occurred in sales but have failed when it came to proving ‘reliance’ — that the agent’s statements alone were the clincher in securing their decision as to whether or not...