Reed v Eire [2009] NSWSC 678

Reed v Eire [2009] NSWSC 678

The adjudicator considered the parties' submissions about service and bona fide determined that the payment claim was served on 7 November 2008; even if that conclusion were wrong, it concerned detailed timing requirements and did not make the determination a nullity. The adjudication application was not misleading or deceptive in the relevant sense and no causal link to loss was established. The plaintiff chose to pursue a jurisdictional objection during the time available for an adjudication response, and the adjudicator accepted and considered the plaintiff's reply, so there was no denial of natural justice.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
22 July 2009
Procedural Posture
Application to Set Aside an Adjudicator's Determination Under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 / Hearing of the Plaintiff's Summons/application
Outcome
Summons dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['security of Payment Adjudication' 'service of Payment Claim by Email' 'electronic Transactions Act 2000' 'natural Justice' 'misleading or Deceptive Conduct' 'jurisdictional Error and Nullity']
['administrative Law' 'building and Construction' 'trade and Commerce'] ['security of Payment Adjudication' 'service of Payment Claim by Email' 'electronic Transactions Act 2000' 'natural Justice' 'misleading or Deceptive Conduct' 'jurisdictional Error and Nullity']

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Procedural Posture

Application to Set Aside an Adjudicator's Determination Under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 / Hearing of the Plaintiff's Summons/application

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the adjudicator's determination was void because of the timing of service of the payment claim and any requirement to give notice under s 17(2) of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999." 'Whether statements in the adjudication application about the date of service of the payment claim amounted to misleading or deceptive conduct.' "Whether the plaintiff was denied natural justice because the adjudicator considered the defendant's further material about service and determined service occurred on 7 November 2008."]

Ratio Decidendi

The adjudicator considered the parties' submissions about service and bona fide determined that the payment claim was served on 7 November 2008; even if that conclusion were wrong, it concerned detailed timing requirements and did not make the determination a nullity. The adjudication application was not misleading or deceptive in the relevant sense and no causal link to loss was established. The plaintiff chose to pursue a jurisdictional objection during the time available for an adjudication response, and the adjudicator accepted and considered the plaintiff's reply, so there was no denial of natural justice.

Court Disposition

Summons dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The summons is dismissed with costs.']