Harwood Andrews is pleased to have advised FinCap Australia on the acquisition of SpotED, an online education business that sources and delivers high quality, industry-accredited online short courses for students and jobseekers, delivered via a digital portal.

On 1 January 2021, the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Act 2020 (Cth) (Amending Act) came into effect. The Amending Act is part of the government’s ongoing response to the economic impacts of COVID-19.

In Owners Corporation 1 Plan No PS543073S & ors v Eastrise Constructions Pty Ltd [2019] VCAT 1639 (Eastrise), the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has handed down an important decision in the context of expiring actions against builders pursuant to the Building Act 1995 (Vic) (Building Act).

In October, the High Court handed down its judgment in the case of Peter Mann & Anor v Paterson Constructions Pty Ltd [2019] HCA 32 (Paterson), clarifying principles and providing constraints in respect of a claim on the basis of quantum meruit.

Building construction is a time-consuming and costly process that can be difficult to manage for all parties.  Very often, changes to the scope of the works being undertaken are requested or necessitated by circumstance, resulting in each party’s rights being uncertain at best when those variations are not properly documented in accordance with the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 (Vic) (Act).