Patrick Stevedores Operations No. 2 Pty Ltd v McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1413

Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) - application for declarations that two adjudication determinations concerning same payment claim void - validity of payment claim - whether one-off payment due under contract after termination a "progress payment" capable of supporting a payment claim - whether reference date fixed by contract or s 8(2)(b) - effect of termination before contractual reference date arises – whether party entitled to withdraw adjudication application under s 26 and file new adjudication application - whether jurisdictional error where adjudicator failed to consider all claims and submissions – whether denial of natural justice where adjudicator decided matter on basis not put by either party

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