Disputes

SOP Act: Service by email link? Only if your contract says so

Reward Interiors Pty Ltd t/s Reward Group v Tackelly No 8 Pty Ltd atf Tackelly No 8 Trust [2026] NSWCA 133 Tom French  |  Briony Whyte | Sasha Thomas  |  Helen Do (more…)

Show cause is not show over: Why one letter is not enough to terminate

Bata v Pathik & Ors [2026] VSCA 138 Isobel Carmody  |  Joan Wu  |  Harley Stephens (more…)

Expert determination stands despite arbitration-like process

Jako Industries Pty Ltd v Perkins WA Pty Ltd [2026] WASC 158 Tom French | Shevaun Stringer | Naoisa McNelis (more…)

Review it or regret it: QBCC decisions not to be relitigated in debt recovery

Queensland Building and Construction Commission v Paris Projects Pty Ltd & Ors [2026] QDC 44 Julie Whitehead | Clare Turner | Sarah Nichols (more…)

When good neighbours become a ‘dam’ nuisance!

Enkelmann v Stewart [2026] QCA 67 Michael Creedon | Luke Trimarchi | Joseph Ryan (more…)

The ghost of variations past still haunting owners

Monsour v C & R Darvill Pty Ltd [2026] QCA 3 Michael Creedon  |  Charlotte Gordon  |  RJ Serrano (more…)

Superintendents, finality and the temptation to reassess payment claims

Gowdie Management Group Pty Ltd v Iris-PW No. 1 2017 Pty Ltd [2025] QSC 297 Andrew Orford | Ren Shike | Sarah Nichols (more…)

Four men and a registered security interest

Ipswich Earthmoving Machinery Pty Ltd v Austral Bricks (Qld) Pty Ltd & Ors [2026] QDC 26 Julie Whitehead | Elissa Morcombe | Joseph Ryan (more…)

Back-to-Back Contracts: When Linked Disputes Stick

Built Pty Ltd v Victorian Correctional Infrastructure Partnership Pty Ltd [2026] VSC 76 Chris Hey  |  Michael Lo  |  Joan Wu (more…)

Assets on Ice: freezing order upheld against SPV for building defects claim

Aqualand North Sydney Lavender Development Pty Ltd v The Owners - Strata Plan No. 102081 [2025] NSWCA 143 Andrew Hales | Tom Ward | Caitlin Bromage (more…)

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