HDA 1976

developer obligations, good workmanship, quality materials, luxury housing standards; HDLR 1989 Reg 11(1B) — SPA, DLP, contracting out limits; SPA — breach, workmanship, materials, implied terms; Latent vs Patent Defects — DLP scope, recoverability; DRFs & FFs — evidentiary weight, forgery, burden of proof; Contractual Interpretation — business common sense, implied terms; Causation — ‘but for’ test, multiple causes, apportionment; Expert Evidence — architects, quantity surveyors, construction defects; Quantum of Damages — rectification costs, s.74 Contracts Act; Cross-Appeals — Rule 8(1) RCA, procedural propriety; Fresh Evidence — s.69 CJA, Rule 7(3A) RCA, Ladd v Marshall; Consumer Protection — statutory safeguards, HDA social legislation; Housing Disputes — remedies, limits on developer defences; Forgery & Evidence — civil proof, oral vs expert; Statutory Protection — contracting out limits, homebuyer protection. 6 cases