Goodwin Street Developments Pty Ltd v DSD Builders Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 276

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Goodwin Street Developments Pty Ltd v DSD Builders Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 276 Hearing dates: 17 October 2018 Decision date: 20 November 2018 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Leeming JA at [55]; White JA at [56] Decision: (1) Dismiss the appeal from the judgment in the Equity Division given on 6 August 2018.

(2) Order that the appellant pay the respondents' costs in this Court, in the case of the second respondent on a submitting basis. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – content of obligation to act in good faith – whether lack of good faith established by failure to "grapple with" all matters decision-maker required to consider – whether lack of good faith requires wilful blindness or conscious maladministration

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION – adjudication of payment claim – review of adjudicator's decision – circumstances in which adjudicator's decision invalid for lack of good faith – whether decision reviewable for failure to "grapple with" all matters adjudicator required to consider – Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW), ss 10(1)(b), 22(2) Legislation Cited: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3, 9, 10, 17, 20, 21, 22 Cases Cited: Brodyn Pty Ltd t/as Time Cost and Quality v Davenport (2004) 61 NSWLR 421; [2004] NSWCA 394 Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) v Futuris Corp Ltd (2008) 237 CLR 146; [2008] HCA 32 Hii v Commissioner of Taxation (2015) 230 FCR 385; [2015] FCA 375 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] HCA 34; 92 ALJR 780 Laing O'Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd v H&M Engineering and Construction Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 818 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24; [1986] HCA 40 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZJSS (2010) 243 CLR 164; [2010] HCA 48 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v SBAN [2002] FCAFC 431 Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Shade Systems Pty Ltd [2018] HCA 4; 92 ALJR 248 Roberts v Hopwood [1925] AC 578 SBBS v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCAFC 361; 194 ALR 749 Shade Systems Pty Ltd v Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd (No 2) (2016) 95 NSWLR 157; [2016] NSWCA 379 SSC Plenty Road Pty Ltd v Construction Engineering (Aust) Pty Ltd [2015] VSC 631 The Queen v Toohey; Ex parte Northern Land Council (1981) 151 CLR 170; [1981] HCA 74 Timwin Construction v Façade Innovations [2005] NSWSC 548; 21 BCL 383 Transgrid v Siemens Ltd (2004) 61 NSWLR 521; [2004] NSWCA 395 Zhang v Canterbury City Council (2001) 51 NSWLR 589; [2001] NSWCA 167 Texts Cited: R Creyke, M Groves, J McMillan and M Smyth, Control of Government Action (5th ed, Lexis Nexis, 2018) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Goodwin Street Developments Pty Ltd as Trustee for Jesmond Unit Trust (Appellant) DSD Builders Pty Ltd (First Respondent) Jennifer Wyatt (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: