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3 January, 2023

New NSW Government Commercial Principles

  On 1 September 2022, the NSW Government published its “Commercial principles on escalation risk for infrastructure projects” (Commercial Principles) to guide contractors and government agencies through the current inflationary environment. The Commercial Principles recognise cost escalation as a foreseeable risk that can be managed. These are intended as a…
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ContractsProjectsProperty
4 November, 2022

The doctrine of frustration in land contracts

The Doctrine of Frustration Frustration operates to bring a contract to an end in circumstances where an intervening, post-contract event has occurred through no fault of the parties, which makes a contractual obligation impossible to perform or transforms a contractual obligation into a fundamentally different obligation. Frustration in contract generally and…
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ConstructionContractsLaw
12 October, 2022

Arbitration is No Bar for Bank Guarantees

In Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd v INPEX Operations Australia Ltd  NSWSC 1125, Daewoo sought to prevent INPEX from calling on a bank guarantee. The Supreme Court ruled against Daewoo. Under a construction contract, the Principal may be entitled to call on a bank guarantee, even while the…
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ConstructionContractsLaw
23 August, 2022

Buildability Clauses and The End Of Construct-Only Contracts

A new trend has emerged in the drafting of construct-only construction contracts which places unexpected design risks on Contractors. Contractors should pay close attention to any clause containing the terms buildability or constructability, which may entail broad design obligations, even where the contract is otherwise a construct-only variety such as…
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ConstructionContractsLaw
25 July, 2022

Fitness for Purpose Warranties: Contractor Beware

Modern construction contracts increasingly blur the roles and responsibilities of the parties. Consistent with this pattern, ‘Fitness for Purpose’ (FFP) warranties may be used to place the design risk on the contractor (as opposed to the designer or professional engineer). Contractors should be aware of express and implied FFP warranties…
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