Veolia Water Solutions v Kruger Engineering [2007] NSWSC 46

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Veolia Water Solutions v Kruger Engineering [2007] NSWSC 46

HEARING DATE(S) : 17 January 2007

JUDGMENT DATE : 19 January 2007

JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J at [1]

DECISION : See paras [87]-[90] of judgment

CATCHWORDS : CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - statutory regulation of entitlement to and recovery of progress payments - payment claim - valuation of delay costs - payment schedule - incomplete or defective works - whether adjudication determination void - natural justice - whether dispute decided on basis for which parties did not contend - requirement to have regard to certain matters (s 22(2)) - whether adjudicator entitled or required to consider statutory declaration except as submission in support of payment schedule

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

Azriel v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2006] NSWCA 372 Brodyn Pty Ltd v Davenport and Another (2004) 61 NSWLR 421 Coordinated Construction Pty Ltd v Climatech (Canberra) Pty Limited [2005] NSWCA 229 John Goss Projects v Leighton Contractors & Anor [2006] NSWSC 798 CASES CITED : John Holland Pty Limited v Cardno MBK (NSW) Pty Limited & Ors [2004] NSWSC 258 Holmwood Holdings Pty Limited v Halkat Electrical Contractors Pty Limited [2005] NSWSC 1129 Musico v Davenport [2003] NSWSC 977 Procorp Civil Pty Limited v Napoli Excavations and Contracting Pty Ltd & Ors [2006] NSWSC 205 Timwin Construction v Facade Innovations [2005] NSWSC 546

PARTIES : Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (Australia) Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Kruger Engineering Australia Pty Limited (subject to a Deed of Company Arrangement)