Bastion Legal is proud to be featured in Melbourne Heritage Interiors, released in October 2025. Our offices at the heritage-listed Mitchell House reflect Melbourne’s rich architectural and cultural history.

Bastion Legal’s Dean Charalambous recently featured on the Site Inspections YouTube channel with Zeher Khalil in a two-hour investigation uncovering how families were left devastated by forged contracts, invalid insurance, structural defects, and no protection when their builder failed them.

Bastion Legal’s Dean Charalambous recently contributed to an ABC News investigation uncovering widespread failures in Victoria’s plumbing-insurance system. The report shines a light on families whose homes have been left uninhabitable after defective plumbing works, only to discover that the insurance meant to protect them is either inadequate, incorrectly issued, or denied altogether.

In this episode of Site Inspections, we look at a case where homeowners were allowed to move into their properties without an Occupancy Certificate (OC), even though the works were incomplete and non-compliant.

A recent ABC News investigation has highlighted serious concerns about Melbourne-based Baba Building Group after the Victorian Building Authority issued a public warning about alleged defective and non-compliant work. The investigation reported cases of homes being left incomplete, built outside the approved permit, or occupied before they were safe or certified.

Dean Charalmbous joined Zeher Khalil on the Site Inspections podcast to dive into the world of construction law and homeowner rights. In this episode, we unpack some of the complexities around construction insurance and what homeowners need to know during the building phase.