Cockram Construction Ltd v Fulton Hogan Construction Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 107

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Cockram Construction Ltd v Fulton Hogan Construction Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 107 Hearing dates: 10 May 2018 Date of orders: 10 May 2018 Decision date: 21 May 2018 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Meagher JA at [19]; Barrett AJA at [42] Decision: 1. Allow the appeal. 2. Set aside orders 1, 2 and 4 made on 7 March 2018. 3. Dismiss the summons filed 26 February 2018 with costs. 4. Order the first respondent to pay the appellant's costs of the appeal. Catchwords: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION – adjudication of payment claim – review of adjudicator's decision –content of the reasons to be included in determination – where adjudicator concluded that contractual condition precedent to extension of time was not legitimate or workable because it depended on something happening under another contract – whether the determination failed to include the reasons for the determination – whether the adjudicator departed from the statutory function by so concluding Legislation Cited: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW), ss 12, 22 Cases Cited: Azriel v NSW Land & Housing Corporation (2006) 67 NSWLR 256; [2006] NSWCA 372 Coordinated Construction Co Pty Ltd v JM Hargreaves (NSW) Pty Ltd (2005) 63 NSWLR 385; [2005] NSWCA 228 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24; [1986] HCA 40 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259; [1996] HCA 6 Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Shade Systems Pty Ltd [2018] HCA 4; 92 ALJR 248 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Ex parte Palme (2003) 216 CLR 212; [2003] HCA 56 Shade Systems Pty Ltd v Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2016] NSWCA 379; 344 ALR 355 Weal v Bathurst City Council [2000] NSWCA 88; (2000) 11 LGERA 181 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Cockram Construction Ltd (Appellant) Fulton Hogan Construction Pty Ltd (First Respondent) Rosemarie Risgalla (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Christie SC, D Hume (Appellant) S Robertson, PF Santucci (First Respondent)