Jabbcorp (NSW) Pty Ltd v Strathfield Golf Club [2021] NSWCA 154

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Jabbcorp (NSW) Pty Ltd v Strathfield Golf Club [2021] NSWCA 154 Hearing dates: 28 June 2021 Decision date: 27 July 2021 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Leeming JA at [3]; Emmett AJA at [70]. Decision: Appeal dismissed with costs. Catchwords: CONTRACT – construction – design and construct contract – contractor claimed additional payment for works required pursuant to development consent – whether works were "Excluded Works" – significance of definition commencing "Notwithstanding any other clause" – significance of grammatical meaning of clause – clause required to be read as a whole, harmoniously with other provisions in contract Cases Cited: Angas Securities Ltd v Small Business Consortium Lloyds Consortium No. 9056 [2016] NSWCA 182 Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd [2009] 1 AC 1101; [2009] UKHL 38 Director of Public Prosecutions v Leys (2012) 44 VR 1; [2012] VSCA 304 Eddy Lau Constructions Pty Ltd v Transdevelopment Enterprise Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 754 Fitness First Australia Pty Ltd v Fenshaw Pty Ltd (2016) 92 NSWLR 128; [2016] NSWCA 207 Gourmania Holdings Pty Ltd v Schlegel [2021] WASCA 28 Jabbcorp (NSW) Pty Ltd v Strathfield Golf Club [2020] NSWSC 1317 Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 104; [2015] HCA 37 Piper v Corrective Services Commission of New South Wales (1986) 6 NSWLR 352 Price v JF Thompson (Qld) Pty Ltd [1990] 1 Qd R 278 Re Bland Bros and the Council of the Borough of Inglewood (No 2) [1920] VLR 522 Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2004) 219 CLR 165; [2004] HCA 52 XL Insurance Co SE v BNY Trust Company of Australia Ltd [2019] NSWCA 215 Zhang v ROC Services (NSW) Pty Ltd (2016) 93 NSWLR 561; [2016] NSWCA 370 Texts Cited: R Dickerson, The Fundamentals of Legal Drafting (2nd ed, Little, Brown & Co, 1986) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jabbcorp (NSW) Pty Ltd (Appellant) Strathfield Golf Club (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Christie SC, D Weinberger (Appellant) D Rayment, A Smorchevsky (Respondent)