Machkevitch v Andrew Building Constructions [2012] NSWSC 546

Building and Construction - Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) - preliminary issue - whether court should leave matter to be disputed before another adjudicator - adjudication determination - meaning of "arrangement" - whether there was an "arrangement" amounting to a construction contract for the purposes of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) - whether the definition of "construction contract" requires that an "arrangement" must be legally enforceable - whether the defendant's attempts to press its payment claims against the plaintiff is an abuse of the processes of the Act. - [ESTOPPEL] - Issue estoppel - Anshun estoppel whether the defendant is estopped (by way of narrow or Anshun estoppel), by reasons of the determination of the first adjudicator, from pressing its claim under the alleged construction contract. [PROCEDURE] - civil - documents - cross- claim - application for leave to file a cross- claim - whether court should grant declaratory relief in accordance with the cross-claim.

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