NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Richard Shorten & Anor v David Hurst Constuctions Pty Limited & Anor; David Hurst Constructions v Richard William Shorten & Anor [2008] NSWSC 546
HEARING DATE(S) : 28/05/08
JUDGMENT DATE : 5 June 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity Division Technology and Construction List
JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J
DECISION : Plaintiff entitled to relief setting aside material adjudications determinations.
CATCHWORDS : Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act 1999 - Natural justice - Whether denial of natural justice could not possibly have made a difference to the outcome - Materiality - Nullus commodum capere potest de injuria sua propria principle
LEGISLATION CITED : Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
ADC v White (1999) NSWSC 43 Alghussein Establishment v Eton College [1988] 1 WLR 587 Barwick v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2004] NSWCA 32 Brodyn Pty Ltd t/as Time Cost and Quatlity v Davenport (2004) 61 NSWLR 421 David Hurst Constructions Pty Ltd v Durham [2008] NSWSC 318 David Hurst Constructions Pty Ltd v Shorten [2008] NSWSC 164 De Martin & Gasparini Pty Ltd v State Concrete Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 31 Fifty Property Investments Pty Ltd v O'Mara [2006] NSWSC 428 Houghton v Immer (No 155) Pty Limited (1997) 44 NSWLR 46 John Goss Projects Pty Ltd v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (2006) 66 NSWLR 707 CASES CITED : Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Murray v Legal Services Commissioner (1999) 46 NSWLR 224 Musico v Davenport [2003] NSWSC 977 Refugee Review Tribunal, Re; Ex parte Aala (2000) 204 CLR 82 Rothnere Pty Ltd v Quasar Constructions NSW Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 1151 Stanoevski v Council of the Law Society of New South Wales [2005] NSWCA 429 Stead v State Government Insurance Commission (1986) 161 CLR 141 Tolfab Engineering Pty Ltd v Tie Fabrications Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 326 TQM Design & Construct Pty Ltd v Dasein Constructions Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 1216 Trysams Pty Ltd v Club Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 399 Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies v Kruger Engineering Australia Pty Limited [2006] NSWSC 1406
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