Patterson Building Group Pty Ltd v Holroyd City Council [2013] NSWSC 1484

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Patterson Building Group Pty Ltd v Holroyd City Council [2013] NSWSC 1484 Hearing dates: 18 September 2013 and written submissions 23 September 2013 Decision date: 24 September 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: White J Decision: Refer to paras [81] and [82] of judgment. Catchwords: CONTRACT - permits the principal to call on a guarantee when it has an arguable claim to entitlement to moneys - recourse to security before final determination of the claim does not interfere with the operation of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) or a prior adjudicator's determination Legislation Cited: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Fletcher Construction Australia Limited v Varnsdorf Proprietary Limited [1998] 3 VR 812 Clough Engineering Limited v Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited [2008] FCAFC 136; (2008) 249 ALR 458 FMT Aircraft Gate Support Systems v Sydney Ports Corporation [2010] NSWSC 1108 Bide v Harrison [1873] LR 17 Eq 76 Martin v Hobson (1873) LR 8 Ch App 401 Minister for Commerce v Contrax Plumbing (NSW) Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 823 Minister for Commerce v Contrax Plumbing (NSW) Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 142 John Goss Projects Pty Ltd v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 798; (2006) 66 NSWLR 707 John Holland Pty Ltd v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales [2007] NSWCA 140 Brewarrina Shire Council v Beckhaus Civil Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 248 Falgat Constructions Pty Ltd v Equity Australia Corporation Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 49 Wood Hall Limited v The Pipeline Authority [1979] HCA 21; (1979) 141 CLR 443 Redline Contracting Pty Limited v MCC Mining (Western Australia) Pty Limited (No 2) [2012] FCA 1 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Patterson Building Group Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Holroyd City Council (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: F Corsaro SC (Plaintiff) G Sirtes SC (Defendant) Solicitors: Holman Webb Lawyers (Plaintiff) HWL Ebsworth Lawyers (Defendant) File Number(s): 2013/265955