Musico & Ors v Davenport & Ors [2003] NSWSC 977

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Musico & Ors v Davenport & Ors [2003] NSWSC 977 HEARING DATE(S) : 26 September 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 31 October 2003

JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J at 1 DECISION : Paragraph 143 of judgment

CATCHWORDS : ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - whether the determination of an adjudicator under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 is open to judicial review and upon what grounds - whether there were errors of law, jurisdictional errors or denial of natural justice - whether discretionary reasons for refusal of relief Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 LEGISLATION CITED : Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Amendment Act 2002 Corporations Act 2001 Supreme Court Act 1970 Administration of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea v Daera Guba (1973) 130 CLR 353 Amev-UDC Finance Ltd v Austin (1986) 162 CLR 170 Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 2 AC 147, 171 Bouygues (UK) Ltd v Dahl-Jensen (UK) Ltd [2000] BLR 522 Church of Scientology v Woodward (1982) 154 CLR 25, 55-56 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1982) 149 CLR 337 Craig v The State of South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163, 174-5 Darling Casino Ltd v New South Wales Casino Control Authority (1997) 191 CLR 602, 633 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Richard Walter Pty Ltd (1995) 183 CLR 168, 180 Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd v Plessnig (1989) 166 CLR 131 Haoucher v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1990) 169 CLR 648 Heyman v Darwins Ltd [1942] AC 356 Hill v King (1993) 31 NSWLR 654 A Hudson Pty Ltd v Legal & General Life of Aust Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 701 CASES CITED : Meagher v Stephenson (1993) 30 NSWLR 736, 738 Muin v Refugee Review Tribunal (2002) 76 ALJR 966, 989 O'Reilly v Mackman [1983] 2 AC 237, 279 Parist Holdings Pty Ltd v WT Partnership Australia Ltd [2003] NSW SC 365 Plaintiff S157/2002 v The Commonwealth (2003) 77 ALJR 454, 457, 459 Port Jackson Stevedoring Pty Ltd v Salmond & Spraggon Pty Ltd (1980) 144 CLR 301 Public Service Association (SA) v Federated Clerks Union of Australia, South Australian Branch (1991) 173 CLR 132, 160 Randall v Council of the Town of Northcote (1910) 11 CLR 100, 105 R v Arndel, ex parte Freeman (1906) 3 CLR 557, 566-567 R v Electricity Commissioners; ex parte London Electricity Joint Committee Co (1920) Ltd [1924] 1 KB 171, 205 R v Hickman: ex parte Fox and Clinton (1945) 70 CLR 598 Re McBain: ex parte Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2002) 209 CLR 372, 472 R v War Pensions Entitlement Appeal Tribunal; ex parte Bott (1933) 50 CLR 228, 243 Re Preston [1985] AC 835, 852, 862 Ridge v Baldwin [1964] AC 40, 74-9 Tickner v Chapman (1995) 57 FCR 451, 462, 476, 495 Joseph Musico (aka Giuseppe Musico), Rosemary Musico, Luigi Genua and Rose Genua PARTIES : v Philip Davenport and Grosvenor Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd [Administrators appointed] FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 55034/03 M G Rudge SC/D A C Robertson (Plaintiffs) COUNSEL : Submitting appearance (Defendant 1) D A Doyle, Sol/J Cheung, Sol (Defendant 2) White Barnes (Plaintiffs) SOLICITORS : Philip Davenport (Defendant 1) The Builders' Lawyer (Defendant 2)