In-Line Building and Construction Management Services Pty Ltd v Bluecarp Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 606

In-Line Building and Construction Management Services Pty Ltd v Bluecarp Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 606

There is a serious question to be tried as to whether the adjudication determination is void for failure to consider the payment schedule, in particular the $18,656 alleged payment, and the balance of convenience favours preserving the status quo by restraining enforcement pending final determination.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
21 May 2020
Procedural Posture
Interlocutory Application / Interlocutory Injunction—order Restraining Enforcement of Adjudication Determination Pending Final Proceedings
Outcome
Defendant restrained from enforcing adjudication determination pending final determination, subject to payment into Court by plaintiff.
Legal Topics
['adjudication Determination' 'injunction' 'natural Justice' 'security of Payment']
['building and Construction' 'equity'] ['adjudication Determination' 'injunction' 'natural Justice' 'security of Payment']

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Procedural Posture

Interlocutory Application / Interlocutory Injunction—order Restraining Enforcement of Adjudication Determination Pending Final Proceedings

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the adjudication determination under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) is void for failure to consider payment schedule and submissions' 'Whether balance of convenience favours restraining enforcement of the adjudication determination']

Ratio Decidendi

There is a serious question to be tried as to whether the adjudication determination is void for failure to consider the payment schedule, in particular the $18,656 alleged payment, and the balance of convenience favours preserving the status quo by restraining enforcement pending final determination.

Court Disposition

Defendant restrained from enforcing adjudication determination pending final determination, subject to payment into Court by plaintiff.

Orders

  • ['Bluecarp restrained from registering any Adjudication Certificate issued pursuant to s 24 of the Act as a judgment in any Court in respect of the 7 May 2020 Adjudication Determination.' 'Execution of any judgment in respect of the Adjudication Determination stayed.' 'Order subject to In-Line paying into Court the...