Taylor Projects Group Pty Limited v Brick Dept. Pty Limited & Ors [2005] NSWSC 571

Taylor Projects Group Pty Limited v Brick Dept. Pty Limited & Ors [2005] NSWSC 571

Taylor and Brick entered into an enforceable agreement between 8 and 11 March 2005 that Taylor would pay the funds into Court on the basis that if Taylor was unsuccessful in the proceedings impugning the adjudication determination, the funds would be released to Brick, and the balance of probabilities supported a term that release would occur forthwith upon Brick filing the adjudication certificate as a judgment. The evidence did not establish that Taylor was more likely to succeed in the District Court on the final rights, nor did it show certainty or a very high risk that Brick would be unable to repay the money if Taylor later became entitled to repayment. Brick was not in...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
17 June 2005
Procedural Posture
Building and Construction Proceedings in the Equity Division, Technology and Construction List, Concerning an Adjudication Determination Under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (nsw) and Related Proceedings for Declarations and Specific Performance / Notices of Motion and Second Summons Heard After Ex Tempore Judgment Holding the Adjudication Determination Valid; Determination of Restraint, Funds Paid Into Court and Formal Orders
Outcome
The parties were required to bring in short minutes of order embracing all orders remaining to be made in the proceedings.
Legal Topics
['security of Payment Adjudication Determination' 'payment Into Court' 'stay or Restraint on Filing Adjudication Certificate' 'specific Performance' 'solvency and Risk of Irrecoverability' 'interim Injunction']
['building and Construction' 'practice and Procedure' 'contract' 'equity'] ['security of Payment Adjudication Determination' 'payment Into Court' 'stay or Restraint on Filing Adjudication Certificate' 'specific Performance' 'solvency and Risk of Irrecoverability' 'interim Injunction']

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Procedural Posture

Building and Construction Proceedings in the Equity Division, Technology and Construction List, Concerning an Adjudication Determination Under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (nsw) and Related Proceedings for Declarations and Specific Performance / Notices of Motion and Second Summons Heard After Ex Tempore Judgment Holding the Adjudication Determination Valid; Determination of Restraint, Funds Paid Into Court and Formal Orders

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the restraint on Brick from filing its adjudication certificate as a judgment imposed on 11 March 2005 should be lifted' 'How the Court should deal with the funds paid into Court by Taylor in accordance with order 1 made on 11 March 2005' 'Whether Taylor and Brick entered into an enforceable agreement governing payment into Court and release of the funds' "Whether Brick's financial position justified withholding the funds or maintaining restraints by analogy with Grosvenor Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd (in administration) v Musico" 'What formal orders should follow the earlier judgment that the adjudication determination was valid']

Ratio Decidendi

Taylor and Brick entered into an enforceable agreement between 8 and 11 March 2005 that Taylor would pay the funds into Court on the basis that if Taylor was unsuccessful in the proceedings impugning the adjudication determination, the funds would be released to Brick, and the balance of probabilities supported a term that release would occur forthwith upon Brick filing the adjudication certificate as a judgment. The evidence did not establish that Taylor was more likely to succeed in the District Court on the final rights, nor did it show certainty or a very high risk that Brick would be unable to repay the money if Taylor later became entitled to repayment. Brick was not in...

Court Disposition

The parties were required to bring in short minutes of order embracing all orders remaining to be made in the proceedings.

Orders

  • ['Declare that the parties between 8 and 11 March 2005 entered into an enforceable agreement for payment into Court by Taylor of $109,897.80 on the basis that if Taylor was unsuccessful in the first proceedings, that amount would be released to Brick forthwith upon Brick filing the adjudication certificate dated 10...