Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia Pty Ltd v Downer EDI Works Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 1295

Building and Construction – Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (“the Act”) s 31 – meaning of the phrase “ordinary place of business” – whether an address where the offices of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer were situated and from where business management and support services, finance support services, safety and environment and human resources management were provided for the defendant’s business nationally was its ordinary place of business – HELD – held that the place was the defendant’s ordinary place of business -  Legislation Cited: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

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