Hronopoulos v Building Appeals Board
Supreme Court of Victoria
Mukhtar AsJ
04/07/2022
[2022] VSC 376
Insurance — General insurance — Third party beneficiary — Builder required to obtain insurance against damage to adjoining property — Whether insurance for building party’s liability for damage to adjoining property satisfied statutory obligation — Distinction between property damage insurance and liability insurance — Building Act 1993 (Vic), s 93(1)(a) — Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth), ss 11, 20, 48
Practice and procedure — Judicial review — Resolution by consent — Agreement of parties to set aside decision — Independent consideration by Court of whether to make orders
Administrative law — Tribunals — Whether jurisdictional error in exercise of decision-making power — Conceptual considerations
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