Back in April, Alucobond supplier Halifax Vogel Group (HVG) and its manufacturer 3A Composites were targeted in a class action by apartment owners in a Sydney building. They are being represented by William Roberts Lawyers in the first combustible cladding class action in Australia. They claim that the cladding on their building does not meet standards applicable to consumer protection laws, and that 3A Composites and Halifax Vogel Group should pay for it to be replaced, as well as compensation for expenses such as higher insurance premiums.
Now a second class action lawsuit has been launched against the second biggest composite panels supplier, Fairview Architectural, who has also been taken to the Federal Court by William Roberts Lawyers and IMF Bentham on behalf of owners of units in the Solis Apartments tower in western Sydney. The action alleges that Fairview Architectural’s polyethylene-core Vitrabond panels do not comply with consumer protection standards. It makes similar arguments to one already launched against HVG, which is the largest supplier of combustible cladding in Australia. From The AFR:
