NSW Land and Housing Corporation v DJs Home and Property Maintenance Pty Ltd (in liquidation) [2013] NSWSC 1167

Corporations - Winding up - Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 500(1), 501, 569(1) - Building and Construction - Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) Div 2A ss 26A, 26B, 26C ("the SoP Act") – Contractors Debts Act 1997 (NSW) ss 5, 6, 7, 8, 9(1), 11(1) ("the CD Act") - whether service of a payment withholding request under s 26A of the SoP Act on a company creates a charge over the monies retained in favour of the claimant - Held no charge created – whether service of a payment withholding request is an attachment put in place against the property of the company within s 500(1) of the Corporations Act

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