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…)
Defects in the air (conditioning)
Built Qld Pty Limited v Pro-Invest Australian Hospitality Opportunity (ST) Pty Ltd [2022] QCA 266 Michael Creedon | Allie Flack | Ali Harris (more…)
Limitation of liability clause in HIA’s standard form contract: Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) ‘no contracting out’ rule in focus
Andrew Hales | Tom Ward | Luke Sundercombe Life Structures Pty Ltd v Burton [2022] NSWCATAP 272 (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…)
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…)
Unfair contract terms: Increased penalties and strengthened laws will impact the construction industry
Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Act 2022 (Cth) Michael Creedon | Eva Squire | Keira Takacs (more…)