Okaroo P/L v Vos Construction and Joinery P/L [2005] NSWSC 45

Building and construction - Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) - whether adjudication determination void ; whether adjudicator made jurisdictional error in determining existence of a construction contract as defined in s 4 of the Act - whether there was an arrangement which was a construction contract - distinction between "contract" and "arrangement" for purposes of the Act - statutory scheme for entitlement to, liability for, and recovery of, a progress payment regardless of provision of relevant construction contract

 ACTS CITED: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) ss 3; 4; 7; 8(1), 8(2)(b); 9(b); 10(1)(b), 10(2)(b); 11(1)(b); 13(1)

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