On 22 May 2019, Christopher Kerin appeared before the ACT Parliamentary Inquiry Into Building Quality in the ACT and detailed the challenges facing apartment owners in the ACT as well as what needs to change to provide more consumer protection to apartment owners. Watch Christopher’s
In February 2019 the NSW Government released their response to the Shergold Weir Building Confidence Report. This was followed by the NSW Government’s Building Stronger Foundations Discussion Paper in June 2019. The public was invited to provide the NSW Government with their submissions in relation to this discussion paper. Kerin Benson Lawyers has now provided…
NSW Government – building standards update The newly re-elected Berejiklian Government has announced its plan in response to the Building Confidence Report commissioned by the Building Ministers’ Forum in August 2017. The independent expert review by Professor Peter Shergold AC and Bronwyn Weir examined building regulatory systems around Australia and found there are national problems…
Chris Kerin appeared on ABC News on 2 February 2015 in relation to builders who go broke in Queensland and how they impact on owners corporations suffering from building defects.
Chris Kerin appears on Channel Seven News on 15 November 2014 in relation to reforms in residential building laws affecting thousands of lot owners in NSW.
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