Blackbird Energy Pty Ltd v Vanbeelen [2007] QCA 60

CONTRACTS – BUILDING, ENGINEERING AND RELATED CONTRACTS – REMUNERATION – STATUTORY REGULATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO AND RECOVERY OF PROGRESS PAYMENTS – where the respondent obtained interim judgment in the District Court under the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld) – where issues between parties subsequently resolved in a common law proceeding – where interim decision subject to appeal permanently stayed – whether appeal should proceed where issues on appeal purely hypothetical – whether appeal should proceed in relation to costs of interim judgment only Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld), s 19, s 100

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