Phillips v Tobias Partners Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 496

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Phillips v Tobias Partners Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 496 Hearing dates: 2 May 2013 Decision date: 03 May 2013 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: Grounds of appeal and cross appeal rejected. Applications for leave to appeal refused. Catchwords: Appeal from Local Court - construction of agreement to supply architectural services - entire obligation - staged performance of work - leave to appeal from costs decision. Legislation Cited: - Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 - Local Court Act 2007 - s 39, s 40 - Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 - r 14.19 Cases Cited: - Baltic Shipping Company v Dillon [1993] HCA 4; 176 CLR 344 - Cutter v Powell (1795) 6 TR 320; 101 ER 573 - Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins [2003] HCA 51; 215 CLR 317 - Jennings v Credit Corp Australia Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 210; 48 NSWLR 709 - Phillips v Ellinson Brothers Pty Ltd (1941) 65 CLR 221 - Sayed v Deng [2012] NSWSC 851 - Steele v Tardiani (1946) 72 CLR 386 Texts Cited: John W. Carter, Contract Law in Australia, 6th ed (2013) LexisNexis Butterworths Category: Principal judgment Parties: Edwin Phillips (Plaintiff/Cross Defendant) Tobias Partners Pty Ltd (Defendant/Cross Claimant) Representation: Counsel: R.I. Bellamy (Plaintiff/Cross Defendant) S.A. Benson (Defendant/Cross Claimant) Solicitors: Bottrill Van Kempen Solicitors (Plaintiff/Cross Defendant) Lenehan & Co (Defendant/Cross Claimant) File Number(s): 2012/278149 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9109 Date of Decision: 2012-08-14 00:00:00 Before: Atkinson LCM File Number(s): 2012/278149