Perform (NSW) Pty Limited v Mev-Aus Pty Limited trading as Novatec Construction Systems & Anor [2008] NSWSC 858

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Perform (NSW) Pty Limited v Mev-Aus Pty Limited trading as Novatec Construction Systems & Anor [2008] NSWSC 858

HEARING DATE(S) : 18/08/08, 19/08/08 JURISDICTION : Equity Division Technology and Construction List

JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 19 August 2008

DECISION : Summons dismissed

CATCHWORDS : Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) - Whether section 14 (3) of the Act permits incorporation by reference into a payment schedule - Whether respondent's payment schedule indicated, within the meaning of s. 14 (4) of the Act as reasons for withholding payment, the reasons contained in an anterior payment schedule - Whether the Adjudicator made an error of a character that was within his jurisdiction - Whether the Adjudicator's findings constitute a failure by the Adjudicator to comply with the requirements contained in s.22(2)(d) of the Act - Whether Adjudicator denied natural justice - Whether the Adjudicator failed in good faith to exercise the power to make an adjudication.

LEGISLATION CITED : Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW)

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

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