Allpro Building Services Pty Limited v Micos Architectural Division Pty Limited & Ors [2010] NSWSC 474

Natural justice - Reasonable apprehension of bias - Building and Construction Industries Security of Payments Act 1999

Adjudicator has a history of disputation with plaintiff concerning plaintiff having refused to pay adjudicator's fees - Adjudicator refuses to accept challenge to his right to determine the matter - Critical significance that adjudicators determine the adjudications which come before them, without regard to extraneous circumstances as for example private communications with their colleagues about one or other of the parties

 LEGISLATION CITED: Building and Construction Industries Security of Payments Act 1999

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