Thursday, 19 February 2026
Defects in Focus: 2025 Strata Reforms and Pafburn are Reshaping Liability for Builders, Developers and Owners Corporations
- How the 2025 strata reforms extend repair and maintenance duties and impact defect liability
- Limitation period adjustments and the ripple effects of the Pafburn v The Owners – Strata Plan No 95823 decision on ongoing liability
- Allocating risk between developers, builders and owners corporations
- Strategies to mitigate exposure
- Insurance coverage, and post-completion maintenance programs
- Managing emerging defect risks from EV chargers, embedded networks, and smart-building systems
Presented by Anthony Herron, Special Counsel, PCL Lawyers
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Tamir Maltz, Barrister, 12 Wentworth Selborne
Presenters
Anthony Herron, Special Counsel, PCL LawyersAnthony is an experienced construction and contracts lawyer. He has advised on a range of major construction projects and drafted a variety of construction contracts, tender documents and supply agreements and associated documents for commercial and mixed-use developments, aged care & hospitality facilities, storage & infrastructure projects in NSW, ACT, QLD & WA. He also has experience in advising regarding professional indemnity and liability insurance issues including construction and liability claims against building contractors, engineers and certifiers.
Tamir Maltz, Barrister, 12 Wentworth Selborne
Tamir is a commercial barrister. He works on business, property, and regulatory matters. Over more than 20 years he has accepted briefs to advise and appear in a broad range of sectors – in relation to corporate disputes as well as personal, strata, and family-business disputes. Tamir also has an interest in cyberlaw issues, and has been a member of the NSW Bar Association’s IT Committee (2019-2024). He previously worked as a management consultant at a global firm, and in the office of an Australian Federal Minister.
