Disputes

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…)

You can’t put this on me! The onus of proving a failure to mitigate loss cannot be shifted

Ceerose Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 89074 [2025] NSWCA 235   Andrew Hales  |  Zar Chavla (more…)

Urgency tips the scales in ordering delivery of materials upon termination

Alinta Cogeneration Pty Ltd v Shanghai Electric Power Design Institute Co. Ltd [2025] WASC 455 Tom French  |  Naoisa McNelis (more…)

Injunction granted – limits of certifying liquidated damages post take-out or termination 

Cobolt Constructions Pty Ltd v Duke Ventures Wellington Street Pty Ltd [2025] VSC 609 Chris Hey  |  Michael Lo | Isabella Nicolaci (more…)

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…)

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