Paynter Dixon Constructions P/L v JF & CG Tilston P/L [2003] NSWSC 869

[STATUTORY ADJUDICATION] -Statutory regime for recovery of progress payments under construction contracts - Application for injunction permanently restraining an adjudication - Whether adjudicator validly appointed - Whether adjudicator has jurisdiction to determine a dispute in relation to a Payment Claim that contained a claim conceded to be appropriately made under s 13 of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999, but which also included a contentious claim for damages or loss of profits for alleged wrongful repudiation of a contract.

ACTS CITED: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) - Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Amendment Act 2002 (NSW)