Courts’ power to issue subpoenas in support of arbitration

we-do-IT Pty Ltd v we-do-IT-Inc [Delaware] [2023] VSC 611 Andrew Orford  |  Isobel Carmody  |  Aria Saffar (more…)

Length does not define thoroughness in the pressure cooker of adjudication

Niclin Constructions Pty Ltd v Robotic Steel Fab Pty Ltd & Anor [2023] QSC 218 David Pearce  |  Petrina Macpherson  |  Jarryd Cox (more…)

Internal restructure may tank Qantas’ entitlement to damages

Qantas Airways Limited & Anor v BMD Constructions Pty Limited  [2023] QSC 206 Andrew Orford |  Alex Hammerton | Aidan Kleynhans (more…)

‘To ensure’, a bridge too far for DBP Act duty of care defect claims

Oxford (NSW) Pty Ltd v KR Properties Global Pty Ltd trading as AK Properties Group ABN 62 971 068 965 [2023] NSWSC 343 Andrew Hales |  Laura-Rose Lynch  |  Luke Sundercombe (more…)

Bias or just blunt? Adjudicator’s impartiality challenged in BIF dispute

Karam Group Pty Ltd ATF The Karam (No. 1) Family Trust v HCA Queensland Pty Ltd & Ors [2023] QSC 212 Sarah Ferrett  |  Matt Hammond  |  Lochlan Andrew (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…)

Impact of contractual payment suspension rights on security of payment reference dates

Diamond Builders Pty Ltd v Gilridge Investments Pty Ltd [2023] VCC 1527 Peter Wood  |  Isobel Carmody  |  Sarah Waring (more…)

Sun of a BIF! Voided adjudication decisions are not a failure to decide

Sun Engineering (Qld) Pty Ltd v Registrar Appointed under section 150 of the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 & Anor [2023] QSC 168 Andrew Orford  |  Samantha Byrne  |  Joey Henthorn (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…)