Security of Payment

Adjudication decision stands despite failure to provide copy of contract 

Platform Constructions Pty Ltd v Fourth Dimension Au Pty Ltd ATF BD Hope Unit Trust & Ors [2022] QSC Andrew Orford | Sarah Cahill | Joseph Ryan (more…)

It’s not an adjudicator’s job to balance the books 

Chevron Park Pty Ltd v Groupline Constructions Pty Ltd & Ors [2024] QSC 202 David Pearce  |  Alexandria Hammerton  |  Jazmin Sherrington (more…)

Arbitrator’s call on practical completion not jurisdictional error 

Paladin Projects Pty Ltd v Visie Three Pty Ltd & Ors [2024] QSC 230 Sian Keast  |  Matt Hammond  |  Siobhan Beckett (more…)

Court confirms adjudicators have jurisdiction to determine the amount of a payment claim  

Binah Constructions Pty Ltd v PTMG Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 872 Claire Tait  |  Laura-Rose Lynch  |  Nicole Sawick (more…)

SOPA summary judgment: Defences not ‘under contract’ allowed

OSB Group Pty Ltd v Complete Hire & Sales Pty Ltd [2024] WASC 310 Tom French |  Penny Bond |  Alicia Harries (more…)

SOPA Summary judgment: not as ‘summary’ as you’d think

LHRE Group Pty Ltd v Complete Hire & Sales Pty Ltd [2024] WADC 61 Tom French |  Penny Bond |  Alicia Harries (more…)

State of Origin BIF:  Unless it’s ‘wholly out’, it’s in!

Lendlease Building Pty Ltd v BCS Airport Systems Pty Ltd & Ors [2024] QCS 164 Julie Whitehead  |  Laura Berry  |  Tara Vele (more…)

Recourse to security: payment claims aren’t just ‘for construction work’

EnerMech Pty Ltd v Acciona Infrastructure Projects Australia Pty Ltd 2024 NSWCA 162 Andrew Hales | Maciej Getta  |  Cedric Barakat (more…)

A vague sense of unease or disquiet does not amount to apprehended bias

Bright Days Herston Pty Ltd v ATG Project & Property Solutions Pty Ltd [2024] QSC 94 Michael Creedon  |  Matt Hammond  |  Tara Vele (more…)

Getting it right: The requirements for a payment claim under the BIF Act revisited

MWB Everton Park Pty Ltd as trustee for MWB Everton Park Unit Trust v Devcon Building Co Pty Ltd [2024] QCA 94 Andrew Orford | Elissa Morcombe | Abhishek Rishi (more…)

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