Energy Australia v Downer Construction (Australia) P/L [2006] NSWSC 52

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION – Contracts – Payment claims – Adjudication – Challenge to validity of adjudication application and adjudication determination – Basic and essential requirements for application and determination – Whether differences between payment claim and adjudication application rendered application invalid – Whether adjudicator determined claim substantially different to payment claim – Whether failure to determine payment claim rendered determination void – Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 ss 13, 14, 17, 20, 22, 25.  ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Judicial Review – Judisdictional error – Whether determination a bona fide exercise of power – Whether denial of natural justice

ACTS CITED: Building & Construction Security of Payment Act 1999 s 13(2); s 14; s 17(1), (3); s 20; s 22; s 25

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