Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Qld) v Davenport & Anor [2009] QSC 134

Contracts – Building, Engineering and related Contracts – Remuneration – Amount – where the applicant entered into two contracts with the second respondent builder for certain building and construction works – where the second respondent made payment claims under each contract – where adjudicator appointed under the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 to decide the amount of each of the progress payments under the payment claims – where the second respondent requested the adjudicator revise its decision – where adjudicator acceded to the second respondent’s request – whether adjudicator should be restrained from making a correction to his decision – whether the adjudicator’s original decisions contained errors arising from an accidental slip or omission – whether the adjudicator’s original decisions included material miscalculations of figures or material mistakes in the description of a person, thing or matter mentioned in the decision.

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