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…)
Contracting by correspondence – the effect on the validity of payment claims
Samco Steel & Precast Pty Ltd v Roxton Commercial Builders Pty Ltd [2024] VCC 783 Chris Hey | Isobel Carmody | Courtenay Wood (more…)
Claiming rectification costs, excluded amounts and judicial review in Victoria
Hanson Construction Materials Lty Ltd v Decmil Australia Pty Ltd [2024] VSC 361 Chris Hey | Michael Lo | Jasmine Reilly (more…)
A contract allowing a call on security for amounts claimed, worth its weight in gold
Sun Engineering (Qld) Pty Ltd v Ravenswood Gold Pty Ltd [2024] QSC 68 Sian Keast | Sarah Cahill | Max Rylance (more…)