Turnkey Innovative Engineering Pty Ltd v Witron Australia Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 981

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Turnkey Innovative Engineering Pty Ltd v Witron Australia Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 981 Hearing dates: 16 August 2023 Date of orders: 18 August 2023 Decision date: 18 August 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Technology and Construction List Before: Stevenson J Decision: The purported payment schedule is not a valid payment schedule for the purpose of s 14 of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) Catchwords: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION – contract – whether email constitutes a valid payment schedule for purpose of s 14 of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) – whether email indicated the amount the respondent to the payment claim proposed to pay – whether email indicated the reasons the respondent to the payment claim withheld payment Legislation Cited: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Barclay Mowlem v Tesrol Walsh Bay [2004] NSWSC 1232 Clarence Street Pty Ltd v Isis Projects Pty Ltd (2005) 64 NSWLR 448; [2005] NSWCA 391 Façade Treatment Engineering Pty Ltd (in liq) v Brookfield Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd [2016] VSCA 247 Joye Group Pty Ltd v Cemco Projects Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCA 211 Minimax Fire Fighting Systems Pty Ltd v Bremore Engineering (WA) Pty Ltd & Ors [2007] QSC 333 Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd v Luikens and Anor [2003] NSWSC 1140 Style Timber Floor Pty Ltd v Krivosudsky (2019) 100 NSWLR 133; [2019] NSWCA 171 Vannella Pty Limited atf Capitalist Family Trust v TFM Epping Land Pty Ltd; Decon Australia Pty Limited v TFM Epping Land Pty Ltd; Vannella Pty Limited v TFM Epping Land Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1379 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Turnkey Innovative Engineering Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Witron Australia Pty Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: S Robertson SC and D P Hume (Plaintiff) D S Weinberger and J Y Li (Defendant)