Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Rimfire Energy Pty Ltd v BSF Co Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 602 File number(s): VID 201 of 2023
Judgment of: O'CALLAGHAN J
Date of judgment: 7 June 2024
Catchwords: CONTRACTS – determination of separate questions pursuant to r 30.01 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – where answers to separate questions turned on proper construction of "Power Purchase Agreements" (PPAs) – whether the court needed to determine the validity of the respondents' "extension of time" claims under the PPAs to determine whether 50% of invoiced amounts of liquidated damages is payable – whether applicant had proven that 50% of invoiced amounts of liquidated damages is payable
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) sch 2 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 30.01(1) Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic) Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW)
Cases cited: Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) 251 CLR 640 Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 104 Rinehart v Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd (2019) 267 CLR 514
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Commercial Contracts, Banking, Finance and Insurance
Number of paragraphs: 76
Date of hearing: 4 April 2024
Counsel for the Applicant: KA O'Gorman SC with K Butler
Solicitor for the Applicant: Mills Oakley Lawyers
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