Adjudicators must notify of their decision in time

Karam Group Pty Ltd as Trustee for Karam (No. 1) Family Trust v HCA Queensland Pty Ltd & Ors [2022] QSC 290 Andrew Orford  |  Laura Berry  |  Mikayla Colak (more…)

The meaning of force majeure

Andrew Hales  | Sophie Wallwork  |  Tom Lawler Ser Kim Koi v GTMS Construction Pte Ltd and others and another appeal [2022] SGHC(A) 34 (more…)

Adjudicator’s failure to request submissions a substantial denial of procedural fairness

Andrew Hales  |  Laura-Rose Lynch |  James Pelosi McNab Building Services Pty Ltd v Demex Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1441 (more…)

The clock is ticking: limitation dates for amended pleadings under the UCPR

Julie Whitehead  |  Matt Hammond  |  Eva Squire Devine Constructions Pty Ltd v Stowe Australia Pty Ltd & Ors (No 2) [2022] QSC 272 (more…)

Financial hardship of the builder avoids variation notice requirements in the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 (Vic)

Jolin Nominees Pty Ltd v Daniel Investments (Aust) Pty Ltd [2022] VSCA 209 Nikki Miller  |  Isobel Carmody  |  Chris Warwick (more…)

‘Sent’ does not automatically mean ‘received’ when serving via email  

Demex Pty Ltd v John Holland Pty Ltd [2022] QSC 259 Andrew Orford  |  Petrina Macpherson  |  Keira Takacs (more…)

Summary judgment not appropriate when facts are in dispute

Gold Property Partners Pty Ltd v Dudzik & Anor [2022] QDC 245 Michael Creedon |  Elissa Morecombe  |  Claudia Lizzio (more…)

Not a penalty or bad faith – charges payable on empty Queensland Nickel gas pipeline

QNI Resources Pty Ltd & Anor v North Queensland Pipeline No 1 Pty Ltd & Anor [2022] QCA 169 David Pearce  |  Sam Rafter  |  Eva Squire (more…)

VCAT’s jurisdiction on federal laws clarified  

Thurin v Krongold Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd [2022] VSCA 226 Jeanette Barbaro  |  Isobel Carmody  |  Morsaal Aimaq (more…)

It is not always as it is deemed – service under the SOP Act  

Piety Constructions Pty Ltd v Hville FCP Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1318 Andrew Hales  |  Karen Hanigan  |  Heidi Knights (more…)

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