Read time: 3 minutes The Architectural Practice Act 2009 was proclaimed in 2011. Under the Act, the board is empowered to develop codes, and in ...

Read time: 8 minutes Professional indemnity (PI) insurance does not provide (and is not intended to provide) complete protection against professional ...

Setting profit goals and striving to achieve them would be pointless if there were no means of checking results against targets. This is one of the ...

Read time: 3 minutes Changes to Australian Standard AS 4122 General conditions of contract for engagement of consultants and the introduction of ...

Read time: 10 minutes Copyright protects specific categories of works, one of which is artistic works. Architectural drawings, models of buildings, ...

Read time: 1 minute Unless otherwise agreed, architectural photographers own the copyright of their images and control their use and reproduction.

Read time: 9 minutes The moral rights provisions in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (the Act) mean that clients of architectural practices need to ...

Read time: 3 minutes It is not uncommon for a client to ask an architect or firm to sign a general ‘waiver’ of moral rights (eg, ‘I agree to waive ...

Read time: 9 minutes What are moral rights? Moral rights are the reputational rights of an author such as an architect. They are separate and ...

Read time: 4 minutes The Copyright Act 1968 gives architects (as 'authors' of an 'artistic work') three separate moral rights: the right of ...