Casting sun and shade on contractual conformity
The Owners – Strata Plan No 97315 v Icon Co (NSW) Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 363 Andrew Hales | Emily Miers (more…)
A payment schedule that does not provide reasons for withholding is invalid
Turnkey Innovative Engineering Pty Ltd v Witron Australia Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 981 Andrew Hales | Michelle Knight | Sarah Summers (more…)
‘Conditional’ practical completion: practically incomplete, legally invalid
H & M Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd v Golden Rain Development Pty Ltd (No 4) [2023] NSWSC 925 Andrew Hales | Maciej Getta | Ersen Ahmet (more…)
Fourth time unlucky? Dualcorp issue estoppel prevents re-agitation in adjudications
Karam Group Pty Ltd ATF The Karam (No. 1) Family Trust v HCA Queensland & Ors [2023] QSC 245 Andrew Orford | Gemma Osborne | Aidan Kleynhans (more…)
Courts’ power to issue subpoenas in support of arbitration
we-do-IT Pty Ltd v we-do-IT-Inc [Delaware] [2023] VSC 611 Andrew Orford | Isobel Carmody | Aria Saffar (more…)
Length does not define thoroughness in the pressure cooker of adjudication
Niclin Constructions Pty Ltd v Robotic Steel Fab Pty Ltd & Anor [2023] QSC 218 David Pearce | Petrina Macpherson | Jarryd Cox (more…)
Internal restructure may tank Qantas’ entitlement to damages
Qantas Airways Limited & Anor v BMD Constructions Pty Limited [2023] QSC 206 Andrew Orford | Alex Hammerton | Aidan Kleynhans (more…)
‘To ensure’, a bridge too far for DBP Act duty of care defect claims
Oxford (NSW) Pty Ltd v KR Properties Global Pty Ltd trading as AK Properties Group ABN 62 971 068 965 [2023] NSWSC 343 Andrew Hales | Laura-Rose Lynch | Luke Sundercombe (more…)
Bias or just blunt? Adjudicator’s impartiality challenged in BIF dispute
Karam Group Pty Ltd ATF The Karam (No. 1) Family Trust v HCA Queensland Pty Ltd & Ors [2023] QSC 212 Sarah Ferrett | Matt Hammond | Lochlan Andrew (more…)
Conduit conundrum: breach of contract, trespass and conversion
Springfield City Group Pty Ltd v PIPE Networks Pty Ltd [2023] QCA 172 Michael Creedon | Allie Flack | Samuel O'Loughlin (more…)