Heyday5 Pty Ltd v Cockram Constructions NSW Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 884

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Heyday5 Pty Ltd v Cockram Constructions NSW Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 884 Hearing dates: 1 July 2015 Decision date: 02 July 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity Division - Technology and Construction List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Interlocutory injunction granted Catchwords: PROCEDURE – interlocutory injunction – whether serious question be tried that first and second defendants not entitled to call on performance bond issued by the third defendant in respect of the plaintiff's performance under a sub-contract with the first and second defendants - whether balance of convenience favours granting interlocutory injunction Cases Cited: Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd v Simon Engineering (Australia) Pty Ltd (1991) 23 NSWLR 451 Clough Engineering Limited v Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited [2008] FCAFC 136 Fletcher Construction Australia Ltd v Varnsdorf Pty Ltd [1998] 3 VR 812 Lucas Stuart Pty Ltd v Hemmes Hermitage Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 283 Reed Construction Services Pty Ltd v Kheng Seng (Australia) Pty Ltd (1999) 15 BCL 158 Category: Consequential orders (other than Costs) Parties: Heyday5 Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Cockram Constructions NSW Pty Ltd (First Defendant) M&W Singapore Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D H Mitchell (Plaintiff) F M Shaw (First and Second Defendants)

Solicitors: Minter Ellison (Plaintiff) Henry Davis York (First and Second Defendants) James Tuite & Associates (Third Defendant) File Number(s): SC 2015/190561