‘Old reasons’ become ‘new reasons’ if not specified in a payment schedule
Baguley Build Pty Ltd v Olcon Concrete & Construction Pty Ltd & Anor [2025] QSC 126 Julie Whitehead | Laura Berry | Rose Dillion (more…)
Balancing convenience and cashflow
York Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Tomkins Commercial & Industrial Builders Pty Ltd [2025] QCA 39 David Pearce | Sarah Cahill | Jack Gibney (more…)
Brick by brick: Building the case for a valid reference date
Procon Developments (Australia) Pty Ltd v Hi-Cal Bricklaying [2025] QSC 67 Sian Keast | Allie Flack | Jack Gibney (more…)
Contract cuts: Court’s sharp take on deletions during contract negotiations
Pacific Diamond 88 Pty Ltd v Tomkins Commercial & Industrial Builders Pty Ltd [2025] QCA 50 Michael Creedon | Luke Trimarchi | Charlotte Kath (more…)
Out of time, out of pocket: lessons in payment claim timelines
Forme Two Pty Ltd v McNab Developments (Qld) Pty Ltd [2025] QSC 96 Sarah Ferrett | Ren Shike | Charlotte Kath (more…)
Fair and reasonable or practical injustice? Power struggle over arbitral award
Clarke Energy (Australia) Pty Ltd v Power Generation Corporation (Trading as Territory Generation) and Robert Holt KC [2025] QSC 64 Andrew Orford | Petrina Macpherson | Rose Dillon (more…)
Multiple proceedings, you got to let me know – should I stay or should I go?
Allen & Anor v Contrast Constructions Pty Ltd [2025] QSC 18 Julie Whitehead | Alexandria Hammerton | Rose Dillon (more…)
Severance – not just a cult TV show
York Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Tomkins Commercial Industrial Builders Pty Ltd [2025] QSC 44 David Pearce | Sarah Cahill | Jack Gibney (more…)
A right to levy liquidated damages does not equal a right to set off liquidated damages
Tomkins Commercial & Industrial Builders Pty Ltd v Pacific Diamond 88 Pty Ltd as trustee for the Pacific Diamond 88 Unit Trust [2024] QSC 321 Andrew Orford | Matt Hammond | Siobhan Beckett (more…)
High risk of inability to repay tips the balance in favour of a stay
Taringa Property Group Pty Ltd v Kenik Pty Ltd [2024] QSC 327 Andrew Orford | Laura Berry | Jazmin Sherrington (more…)