The County Court of Victoria handed down its decision of Owners Corporation 1 Plan No PS 707553K and Ors v Shangri-La Construction Pty Ltd (ACN 130 534 244) and Anor [2023] VCC 1473 on 24 August 2023. This case is the first decision relating to a claim of the State of Victoria against a builder for costs to remove combustible cladding. The 2020 amendments to the Building Act 1993 (Vic) (‘the Act’) allow the State of Victoria to make such claims.
Read MoreOn 24 November 2014, a resident, who lived in the 21 storey Lacrosse Apartments in Docklands, left his cigarette burning in a plastic food container on the balcony. Fire quickly travelled up the external walls of the apartment building and everyone within the apartment building was evacuated. The fire resulted more than $12million dollars of damage.
Read MoreThe recent decision of VCAT Deputy-President Justice Woodward regarding the widely reported fire in the Lacrosse Tower in 2014 has raised serious liability implications for consultants under separate agreements that are novated to construction contracts, in cases involving combustible cladding.
Read MoreThe tragic building fires in the Lacrosse Building of Melbourne in 2014, the Marina Torch Tower of Dubai in 2015 and the Greenfell Tower of London in 2017 have sparked international safety concerns regarding the use of combustible cladding in construction of buildings, homes and places of public assembly.
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