Acciona Infrastructure Australia Pty Ltd v Chess Engineering Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 1423

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Acciona Infrastructure Australia Pty Ltd v Chess Engineering Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 1423 Hearing dates: 27 July 2020 Decision date: 16 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity - Technology and Construction List Before: Henry J Decision: Error established in respect of one variation. See also [222]. Catchwords: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION – Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act 1999 (NSW) – adjudication – judicial review – whether adjudicator failed to perform statutory function and denied plaintiff procedural fairness by failing to consider payment schedule and adjudication response submissions – whether adjudicator failed to form a view as to what was properly payable on the merits of the defendant's claim – whether adjudicator misconstrued s 20(2B) of the Act – error in failing to form a view as to what was properly payable found in respect of one variation Legislation Cited: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW), ss 20(2B), 22(2) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 58 Cases Cited: Anderson Street Banksmeadow Pty Ltd v Helcon Contracting Australia Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 657 Azriel v NSW Land & Housing Corporation [2006] NSWCA 372 Brodyn Pty Ltd v Davenport (2004) 61 NSWLR 421; [2004] NSWCA 394 CC Builders (Aust) Pty Limited v Milestone Civil Pty Limited [2019] NSWSC 1251 Cockram Construction Ltd v Fulton Hogan Construction Pty Ltd (2018) 97 NSWLR 773; [2018] NSWCA 107 Diona Pty Ltd v Downer EDI Works Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 480 Downer Construction (Aust) Pty Ltd v Energy Australia (2007) 69 NSWLR 72; [2007] NSWCA 49 Goodwin Street Developments Pty Ltd v DSD Builders Pty Ltd (2018) 98 NSWLR 712; [2018] NSWCA 276 Hanson Construction Materials Pty Ltd v Brolton Group Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1641 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 264 CLR 123; [2018] HCA 34 Icon Co (NSW) Pty Ltd v Australia Avenue Developments Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 339 Iskra v MMIR Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 126 JKC Australia LNG Pty Ltd v Inpex Operations Australia Pty Ltd (2018) 334 FLR 314; [2018] NTCA 6 John Holland Pty Ltd v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales [2007] NSWCA 19 Laing O'Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd v Monford Group Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 491 Northbuild Construction Pty Ltd v Central Interior Linings Pty Ltd [2012] 1 Qd R 525; [2011] QCA 22 NSW Netball Association Limited v Probuild Construction (Aust) Pty Limited [2015] NSWSC 1339 Perform (NSW) Pty Ltd v Mev-Aust Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 157 Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth of Australia (2003) 211 CLR 476; [2003] HCA 2 Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Shade Systems Pty Ltd (2018) 264 CLR 1; [2018] HCA 4 Rhomberg Rail Australia Pty Limited v Concrete Evidence Pty Limited [2019] NSWSC 755 Richard Crookes Construction Pty Ltd v CES Projects (Aust) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2016] NSWSC 1229 Trysams Pty Ltd v Club Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 941 TWT Property Group Pty Ltd v Cenric Group Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 72 Weal v Bathurst City Council (2000) 11 LGERA 181; [2000] NSWCA 88 YTO Construction Pty Limited v Innovative Civil Pty Limited [2019] NSWCA 110 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Acciona Infrastructure Australia Pty Ltd (Plaintiff)