Security of Payment

Adjudicator’s failure to consider set offs constitutes jurisdictional error

Cooper & Oxley Group Pty Ltd v Koitka [2026] WASC 4 Tom French | Shevaun Stringer | Naoisa Mcnelis (more…)

Another BIF tiff: Revisiting the validity of payment schedules

CPB Contractors Pty Ltd & Ors v MSS Projects (NSW) Pty Ltd t/as MSS Steel & Ors [2025] QSC 239 Julie Whitehead | Ren Shike | Ada Harvey (more…)

Failure to serve subcontract: A bold BIF strategy that does not pay!

Platform Constructions Pty Ltd v Fourth Dimension Au Pty Ltd [2025] QCA 264 Sarah Ferrett | Matt Hammond | Jazmin Sherrington (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…)

A deeming clause is ineffective for determining service of payment claims

Roberts Co (NSW) Pty Ltd v Sharvain Facades Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) [2025] NSWCA 161 Andrew Hales  |  Rachel Cheung |  Isabella Waters (more…)

SOP Act no barrier to genuine offsetting claims for a statutory demand

Grounded Construction Group Pty Ltd v KW Civil & Construction Pty Ltd [2025] WASC 307 Tom French  |  Shevaun Stringer  |  Sasha Thomas (more…)

Payment claims: Not for the uninformed observer

Bridgeman Agencies Pty Ltd v S.E. QLD Plumbing & Drainage Pty Ltd [2025] QSC 167 Andrew Orford  |  Olivia Doonas  |  Rose Dillon (more…)

You’ve got mail: Valid service of payment claims via email in the ACT

WNA Construction Pty Ltd v Canberra Building and Maintenance Pty Ltd [2025] ACTCA 17 (4 June 2025) Ben Fuller  |  Andrew Black  |  Elizabeth Harris (more…)

No schedule, no defence: SOP Act enforced despite challenge to payment claim validity

Manariti Plumbing Pty Ltd v Universal Property Group Pty Ltd [2025] NSWCA 135 Andrew Hales  |  Anique Mawa  |  Conor Bates (more…)

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