Contract Law

Gimme Gimme Gimme – all documents after termination of a contract   

ESR Investment Management 2 (Australia) Pty Limited v AllRoads Pty Ltd [2023] QSC 235 Michael Creedon | Laura Berry | Aidan Kleynhans (more…)

When can contractual preconditions restrain recourse to security?   

Descon Group Australia Pty Ltd v 35 Merivale Pty Ltd [2023] QSC 276 Sian Keast  | Mark Wheelahan | Aidan Kleynhans (more…)

Website advertising may determine obligations under a construction contract    

Quilkey & Anor v Tractile Combined Pty Ltd & Ors [2023] QDC 204 Sian Keast  |  Sarah Cahill  |  Jarryd Cox (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…)

When will consent to an assignment be unreasonably withheld?

Hawkesdale Asset Pty Ltd v Bennett [2023] VSC 409 Nikki Miller   |  Michael Lo  |  Millie Lewis (more…)

Improper influence over architect?

PHHH Investments v United Commercial Projects Pty Ltd [2023] VCC 516 Nikki Miller   |  Michael Lo  |  Millie Lewis (more…)

Contractor cannot take advantage of its own default to terminate a contract

Veesaunt Property Syndicate 1 Pty Ltd v Alliance Building and Construction Pty Ltd [2023] QSC 129 Sian Keast  |  Megan Sharkey  |  Samuel O'Loughlin (more…)

Don’t get caught downstream without a paddle: considerations with upstream settlements

Heavy Plant Leasing Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) v McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2023] NSWSC 634 [2023] NSWSC 585 Andrew Hales  |  Sean Cooley (more…)

What is a ‘bona fide’ claim on unconditional security? 

Total Construction Pty Ltd v Catholic Healthcare Limited [2023] NSWSC 585 Andrew Hales  |  Karen Hanigan |  Sean Cooley (more…)

No claim for a residential cost plus contract blowing the budget 

Schrader v David Broach trading as David Broach Building Services [2023] NSWDC 97  Andrew Hales  |  Mark Glynn  |  Tom Lawler (more…)

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