Terryw's legal Tips Index

Legal Tip 369: Beneficiaries of Testamentary Trusts that are not even born yet Legal Tip 369: Beneficiaries of Testamentary Trusts that are not even born yet

Legal Tip 370: Discretionary Trusts and Others ‘Buying into’ an Investment Legal Tip 370: Discretionary Trusts and Others ‘Buying into’ an Investment

Legal Tip 371: You are Not the Only Beneficiary of that Discretionary Trust! Legal Tip 371: You are Not the Only Beneficiary of that Discretionary Trust!

Legal Tip 372: Trustees for Children and Land Legal Tip 372: Trustees for Children and Land

Legal Tip 373: Can a Minor Child be a Trustee? Legal Tip 373: Can a Minor Child be a Trustee?

Legal Tip 374: Death and Families Forgetting Who Owned What Legal Tip 374: Death and Families Forgetting Who Owned What

 

Legal Tip 375: Equitable Mortgages Legal Tip 375: Equitable Mortgages

Legal Tip 376: It’s Not One Ownership Structure but Multiple Legal Tip 376: It’s Not One Ownership Structure but Multiple

Legal Tip 377: Do you Need to Update a Will When you Change Address or Name? Legal Tip 377: Do you Need to Update a Will When you Change Address or Name?

Legal Tip 378: Security for a Debt Who Takes Priority? Legal Tip 378: Security for a Debt Who Takes Priority?

 

Legal Tip 379: Revoking a will Legal Tip 379: Revoking a will

Legal Tip 380: Who Can Contest a Will? https://www.propertychat.com.au/community/threads/legal-tip-380-who-can-contest-a-will.65573/

Legal Tip 381: Beneficiaries of a discretionary trust following a divorce Legal Tip 381: Beneficiaries of a discretionary trust following a divorce

 

Legal Tip 382: Intestacy Rules where identity of deceased not known Legal Tip 382: Intestacy Rules where identity of deceased not known

Legal Tip 383: Life Tenants and Rents Legal Tip 383: Life Tenants and Rents

Legal Tip 384: Bankruptcy and Leases Legal Tip 384: Bankruptcy and Leases

Legal Tip 385: Asset Protection and Attorney Risk Legal Tip 385: Asset Protection and Attorney Risk

Legal Tip 386: Death of One Joint Tenant Trustee https://www.propertychat.com.au/com...-386-death-of-one-joint-tenant-trustee.65846/

Legal Tip 387: Executor Risk When the Deceased made a Charity a Beneficiary Legal Tip 387: Executor Risk When the Deceased made a Charity a Beneficiary

Legal Tip 388: A blended Family Issue – Leave what of Whom? Legal Tip 388: A blended Family Issue – Leave what of Whom?

Legal Tip 389: Trustee Paying Guardian of a Child who is Not a beneficiary of the trust Legal Tip 389: Trustee Paying Guardian of a Child who is Not a beneficiary of the trust

Legal Tip 390: Memorandum of Wishes and Trusts (and Wills) Legal Tip 390: Memorandum of Wishes and Trusts (and Wills)

 

Legal Tip 391: Dying with only a Main Residence, a Spouse and Kids from a different Person Legal Tip 391: Dying with only a Main Residence, a Spouse and Kids from a different Person

 

Legal Tip 392: 4 Ways for 2 or More People to Jointly Own Shares in a Private Company Legal Tip 392: 4 Ways for 2 or More People to Jointly Own Shares in a Private Company

 

Legal Tip 393: Probate granted almost 100 years after death Legal Tip 393: Probate granted almost 100 years after death

Legal Tip 394: Superannuation proceeds trusts and Death of the Beneficiaries Legal Tip 394: Superannuation proceeds trusts and Death of the Beneficiaries

 

Legal Tip 395: Structuring When you are Not Structuring Legal Tip 395: Structuring When you are Not Structuring

Legal Tip 396: How Long does it Take to Set up a Trust? Legal Tip 396: How Long does it Take to Set up a Trust?

Legal Tip 397: Closed Class Discretionary Trusts Legal Tip 397: Closed Class Discretionary Trusts

Legal Tip 398: Going Bankrupt? Some Estate Planning things to consider Legal Tip 398: Going Bankrupt? Some Estate Planning things to consider

Legal Tip 398: Dealing with Future Assets in your Will Legal Tip 398: Dealing with Future Assets in your Will

Legal Tip 400: Passing Assets to 2 people under a Will: TIC or JT? Legal Tip 400: Passing Assets to 2 people under a Will: TIC or JT?

Legal Tip 401: A Trust for Children Under a Will with the Child Dying before Title Passes Legal Tip 401: A Trust for Children Under a Will with the Child Dying before Title Passes

Legal Tip 402: Selling a Home and Waiting to reBuy and its Effect on the Pension Legal Tip 402: Selling a Home and Waiting to reBuy and its Effect on the Pension

 

Legal Tip 403: How do you know a Company has the Power to Do Something? Legal Tip 403: How do you know a Company has the Power to Do Something?

Legal Tip 404: Consider Potential for Beneficiaries under a Will be to Bankrupt Legal Tip 404: Consider Potential for Beneficiaries under a Will be to Bankrupt

Legal Tip 405: Power of Attorney to Deal with One Specific Asset Legal Tip 405: Power of Attorney to Deal with One Specific Asset

 

Hi All,
Just wanted to get feedback on QLD HIA contract for a builder to claim extensions of time for inclement weather (beyond number of wet days specified in contract) ?

I’m aware of section 42 of Schedule 1B of the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 limits the circumstances in which a builder can claim an extension of time to only those where the delay was “not reasonably foreseeable” and “beyond the reasonable control of the contractor”. I believe this act takes precedence over any contract as this is the legislation the builder is working under.

Unless the weather is beyond normal seasonal rainfall or was not foreseeable by the builder before entering the contract can the builder claim EOTs ? (QLD typically has a wet season over summer and Lanina weather pattern has been well publicised so builder should have allowed for this)

I would appreciate feedback from any construction lawyers assume this would come up quite frequently.


Terry any legal tips with this issue ?

 

no, not an area that i advise on.

 

Legal Tip 406: Asset Protection Related Legal Cases Legal Tip 406: Asset Protection Related Legal Cases

 

Legal Tip 407: Informal ‘Reverse Mortgages’ from Adult Children and Estate Planning Legal Tip 407: Informal ‘Reverse Mortgages’ from Adult Children and Estate Planning

Legal Tip 408: Can the Trustee of a Unit Trust also Own the Units of That Trust? Legal Tip 408: Can the Trustee of a Unit Trust also Own the Units of That Trust?

Legal Tip 409: Is an enduring power of attorney made in another state valid in NSW? Legal Tip 409: Is an enduring power of attorney made in another state valid in NSW?

 

Legal Tip 409: Is an enduring power of attorney made in another state valid in NSW? Legal Tip 409: Is an enduring power of attorney made in another state valid in NSW?

Legal Tip 410: Death of a sole shareholder and director of a company Legal Tip 410: Death of a sole shareholder and director of a company

 

Legal Tip 411: What are “Sub Trusts”? Legal Tip 411: What are “Sub Trusts”?

Legal Tip 412: Leaving Assets to Charities which don’t actually exist: The concept of cy-pres Legal Tip 412: Leaving Assets to Charities which don’t actually exist: The concept of cy-pres

 

Legal Tip 413: Spouses Lending Money to Each Other Legal Tip 413: Spouses Lending Money to Each Other

Legal Tip 414: What happens to Trust Assets if the Trustee Resigns? Legal Tip 414: What happens to Trust Assets if the Trustee Resigns?

 

Legal Tip 415: Cheques and Death Legal Tip 415: Cheques and Death

Legal Tip 416: The type of Trust is Not Determined by the Trust Name Legal Tip: The type of Trust is Not Determined by the Trust Name

Tax Tip 493: Using the Main Residence to Produce Income and Death and CGT Tax Tip 493: Using the Main Residence to Produce Income and Death and CGT

Tax Tip 494: Strategy: Selling Assets Before you Die Tax Tip 494: Strategy: Selling Assets Before you Die

 

Legal Tip 417: Can a Person Lend a Related Entity Money at 2 different Interest Rates? Legal Tip 417: Can a Person Lend a Related Entity Money at 2 different Interest Rates?

 

Here is an excel spreadsheet containing links to all the tips that I have written on Propertychat

 

Legal Tip 418: Can You Inherit Debts? Legal Tip 418: Can You Inherit Debts?

Legal Tip 419: Joint Tenants and Bankruptcy Legal Tip 419: Joint Tenants and Bankruptcy

Legal Tip 420: Can a Gift be converted into a loan? Legal Tip 420: Can a Gift be converted into a loan?

Legal Tip 421: It’s in the Name of the Trust – No it’s Not! Legal Tip 421: It’s in the Name of the Trust – No it’s Not!

Legal Tip 422: What Happens if your Attorney Goes Bankrupt? Legal Tip 422: What Happens if your Attorney Goes Bankrupt?

Legal Tip 423: Asset Protection on death of Joint Tenant Owner? Legal Tip 423: Asset Protection on death of Joint Tenant Owner?