Disputes

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…)

Pafburn Appeal: No proportionate liability defence to duty of care under the Design & Building Practitioners Act   

The Owners – Strata Plan No 84674 v Pafburn Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 301 Andrew Hales |  Maciej Getta  |  Luke Sundercombe (more…)

NSWCA rejects owners’ façade sunshades application for leave to appeal  

The Owners – Strata Plan No 97315 v Icon Co (NSW) Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 303 Andrew Hales |  Emily Miers (more…)

Casting sun and shade on contractual conformity  

The Owners – Strata Plan No 97315 v Icon Co (NSW) Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 363 Andrew Hales |  Emily Miers (more…)

Conduit conundrum: breach of contract, trespass and conversion

Springfield City Group Pty Ltd v PIPE Networks Pty Ltd [2023] QCA 172 Michael Creedon |  Allie Flack  |  Samuel O'Loughlin (more…)

Sometimes it doesn’t pay to keep drilling

Seymour & Anor v Drill Engineering & Pastoral Company Pty Ltd [2023] QCA 159 David Pearce  |  Elissa Morcombe  |  Spencer Hayward (more…)

When will a court interfere with an expert determination?

Schott AG v Melton Willows Pty Ltd [2023] VSC 364 Nikki Miller  |  Michael Lo  |  Courtenay Wood (more…)

Court of Appeal rules on referrals to the Supreme Court out of VCAT

Krongold v Thurin [2023] VSCA 191 Peter Wood  |  Jeanette Barbaro  |  Isobel Carmody  |  Joseph Xuereb (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…)

The clock is ticking: limitation dates for amended pleadings under the UCPR

Julie Whitehead  |  Matt Hammond  |  Eva Squire Devine Constructions Pty Ltd v Stowe Australia Pty Ltd & Ors (No 2) [2022] QSC 272 (more…)

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