Lewance Construction Pty Ltd -v- Southern Han Breakfast Point Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1726

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lewance Construction Pty Ltd -v- Southern Han Breakfast Point Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1726 Hearing dates: 20 & 21 November 2014 Decision date: 04 December 2014 Jurisdiction: Equity Division - Technology and Construction List Before: Nicholas AJ Decision: Plaintiff's Summons dismissed. Plaintiff to pay first defendant's costs. Catchwords: CONTRACTS- Building, engineering and related contracts- payment schedules under s 14 of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) - whether payment schedule was provided within time prescribed by respondent - whether payment schedule was provided by agent of the respondent - turns on facts- no question of general principle. Legislation Cited: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Baulderstone Hornibrook Pty Ltd v Queensland Investment Corporation [2007] NSWCA 9 Perini Corporation v Commonwealth of Australia (1969) 2 NSW 530 Blatch v Archer (1774) 1 Cowp. 63; 98 ER 969 Gerard Cassegrain & Co Pty Ltd v Cassegrain (2013) NSWCA 453 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Lewence Constructions Pty Ltd (ACN) 155 305 507) - Plaintiff Southern Han Breakfast Point Pty Ltd (ACN) 155 283 239) - First Defendant Representation: Counsel: S. Robertson - Plaintiff S. Goldstein - First Defendant Solicitors: Maddocks - Plaintiff CCS Legal Pty Ltd - First Defendant File Number(s): 2014/294245