E-Alert: Claiming on a small estate? It could cost you

For many years now, the Courts have cautioned that parties engaging in protracted disputes over deceased estates of relatively small value should not assume success [...]

BRH awarded Contributor with Most Popular Article in Australia

The Mondaq award for Contributor with the Most Popular Article in Australia, for September 2019 - “Home wasn’t built in a day – Termination for Delay [...]

Falling in Love with Opera

BRH was delighted to co-host the world premiere of Freshwater Pictures' Love Opera at the Brisbane International Film Festival, on October 9th, at QAGOMA. This [...]

E-Alert: “Hey Mann, is your building contract kaput?”

High Court determines that a contract price places a ceiling on a claim for quantum meruit.  In some circumstances a builder runs the risk of [...]

E-Alert: Regulation of Corporate Finance in Australia

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has delivered its recent report in respect of corporate finance activity in the 6 months ending June 2019.[1] [...]

E-Alert: Rising from the Rubble – What damages can be recovered when a residential building contract has been breached?

In our previous articles in relation to residential building contracts we have considered: How a building contract might be terminated; A party’s right of termination [...]

BRH Ready for the Challenge

At BRH this month the team have enthusiastically taken on two endurance-testing, physical challenges, running, walking and climbing in the name of very worthy causes. [...]

E-Alert: “Home wasn’t built in a day” – termination for delay under a residential building contract

In Queensland, residential building contracts warrant that a builder will carry out work with “reasonable diligence”.[1] This warranty is included in residential building contracts from [...]

E-Alert: Not what I bargained for – When do defects during the course of a residential build amount to a breach of the building contract?

All residential building contracts in Queensland for a contract price of over $20,000 must expressly state the statutory warranties provided to the consumer in the [...]