Double trouble: Two statements of claim allowed to enforce subcontractor’s charge
JTS Trading Group Pty Ltd v Allroads Pty Ltd (in liq) [2025] QSC 211 Michael Creedon | Clare Turner | Gabriela Roworth (more…)
Payment results in withdrawal of adjudication application
Downer EDI Rail Pty Ltd v DT Infrastructure Pty Ltd [2025] QSC 212 Sian Keast | Stephanie Murphy | Charlotte Kath (more…)
One job: The outcome nobody asked for
Tomkins Commercial & Industrial Builders Pty Ltd v Starline Interiors Pty Ltd [2025] QSC 226 Sarah Ferrett | Hazal Gacka | Oliver Conroy (more…)
Payment claims: Not for the uninformed observer
Bridgeman Agencies Pty Ltd v S.E. QLD Plumbing & Drainage Pty Ltd [2025] QSC 167 Andrew Orford | Olivia Doonas | Rose Dillon (more…)
Independent contractor or employee? The court nails it down!
Cagney v D&J Building Contractors Pty Ltd [2025] QCA 116 David Pearce | Charlotte Gordon | Jack Gibney (more…)
You’ve got mail: Valid service of payment claims via email in the ACT
WNA Construction Pty Ltd v Canberra Building and Maintenance Pty Ltd [2025] ACTCA 17 (4 June 2025) Ben Fuller | Andrew Black | Elizabeth Harris (more…)
No schedule, no defence: SOP Act enforced despite challenge to payment claim validity
Manariti Plumbing Pty Ltd v Universal Property Group Pty Ltd [2025] NSWCA 135 Andrew Hales | Anique Mawa | Conor Bates (more…)
Bright days, cloudy jurisdiction
Bright Days Herston Pty Ltd v ATG Project & Property Solutions Pty Ltd [2025] QSC 147 Michael Creedon | Elissa Morcombe | Charlotte Kath (more…)
‘Old reasons’ become ‘new reasons’ if not specified in a payment schedule
Baguley Build Pty Ltd v Olcon Concrete & Construction Pty Ltd & Anor [2025] QSC 126 Julie Whitehead | Laura Berry | Rose Dillion (more…)
Balancing convenience and cashflow
York Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Tomkins Commercial & Industrial Builders Pty Ltd [2025] QCA 39 David Pearce | Sarah Cahill | Jack Gibney (more…)