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…)
What’s for de-cert: can a contractor ‘de-certify’ payments to its subcontractors?
Heavy Plant Leasing Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) v McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1775 Andrew Hales | Maciej Getta | Sean Cooley (more…)