November 2016 - Sharp Tudhope

SELLING A UNIT TITLE? HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

November 16, 2016

Are you looking at buying or selling an apartment? If so, there are key provisions of the Unit Titles for information disclosure which you need to be aware of. Note: these rules cannot be contracted out of if and when you decide to sell up and move on. Unlike your average property transaction, there are...

Written by: Janine McTainsh

CONSUMER EXCHANGE LAW

November 9, 2016

Heading into the most popular purchasing season of the year means it is the perfect time for a refresher on your consumer exchange rights. The Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 sets out the law around returns where a product is faulty or does not perform as advertised. However, it does not provide for the return of...

Written by: Janine McTainsh

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS UPDATE

November 3, 2016

Parliament has identified the need for clarification of the forthcoming retention regime under the Construction Contracts Amendment Act 2015 ("Amendment Act"), and has introduced the Regulatory Systems (Commercial Matters) Amendment Bill ("Bill"), which proposes to change s11A of the Amendment Act. This would mean that the retention regime, which requires all retention money to be...

Written by: James Hakaria

Month: November 2016

SELLING A UNIT TITLE? HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

CONSUMER EXCHANGE LAW

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS UPDATE