Annie Street JV Pty Ltd v MCC Pty Ltd & Ors [2016] QSC 268

1. The applicant's originating application filed 20 September 2016 is dismissed.
2. I will hear the parties as to cost.

[3] Variations 11A, 58, 60, 61A, 67, 69 and 72. The reasons for the adjudicator's decision are Exhibit "ETB-6" to the affidavit of Eden Tyler Bird, filed 28 September 2016, CD 6 (the Bird affidavit). Variation 11A was not allowed: Exhibit "ETB-6" to the Bird affidavit, [119]-[126].

[4] Exhibit "ETB-1" to the Bird affidavit. The payment claim was served pursuant to s 17 of the Act

[5] Exhibit "ETB-2" to the Bird affidavit. The payment schedule was served pursuant to s 18 of the Act.

[6] The adjudication application was served pursuant to s 21 of the Act.

[7] The Bird affidavit, [4]; Exhibit "CS-1" to the affidavit of Christopher Scroope, filed 14 October 2016, CD8.

[8] Pursuant to the regime set out in s 24 of the Act.

[9] The Bird affidavit, [4]; Exhibit "ETB-5" to the Bird affidavit.

[10] See s 18(2)(b) and Schedule 1, Part 2 of the Judicial Review Act 1991 (Qld).

[11] Written Submissions for the Applicant, [11]. The proposition is implicitly accepted in the Outline of Submissions of the First Respondent; Northbuild Construction Pty Ltd v Central Interior Linings Pty Ltd [2011] QCA 22; [2012] 1 Qd R 525 at [6] per Margaret McMurdo P, at [33] per Chesterman JA and at [78] per White JA.

[12] Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd v Luikens & Anor [2003] NSWSC 1140 at [92] per Palmer J; James Trowse Constructions Pty Ltd v ASAP Plasterers Pty Ltd [2011] QSC 145 at [57]- [59] per Atkinson J; BM Alliance Coal Operations Pty Ltd v BGC Contracting Pty Ltd [2012] QSC 346 at [48] per Applegarth J; Thiess Pty Ltd v Warren Brothers Earthmoving Pty Ltd [2012] QSC 373 at [61]- [62] per A Lyons J.

[13] Outline of Submissions for the First Respondent, [16].

[15] [1995] HCA 58; (1995) 184 CLR 163.

[16] [1995] HCA 58; (1995) 184 CLR 163, 177.

[17] [2016] QSC 108 at [54].

[18] [2006] NSWSC 1 at [66].

[19] Section 22 referred to by Palmer J is the equivalent of s 26 of the Act.

[20] [2015] VSC 631 at [101].

[21] The equivalent to s 26(3) of the Act.

[22] Cited with approval in Richard Crookes Constructions Pty Ltd v CES Projects (Aust) Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 1129 at [23] per McDougall J.

[23] See Re Rich Rivers Pty Ltd and Independent FM Radio Pty Ltd v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal & Goulburn Valley Broadcasters Pty Ltd [1989] FCA 132 at [49]- [50] per Davies J; Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority v McDonald Keen Group Pty Ltd & Anor [2009] QSC 165 at [32]- [33] per P Lyons J, cited with approval in John Holland Pty Limited v TAC Pacific Pty Ltd & Ors [2009] QSC 205 at [21] per Applegarth.

[24] W195/01A v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 396 at [34]- [36] per Lee J.

[25] [2007] QCA 136; [2008] 1 Qd R 39, 47-48 at [30]-[31].

[26] [2010] NSWSC 1359 at [23]; John Holland Pty Limited v TAC Pacific Pty Limited [2009] QSC 205; [2010] 1 Qd R 302, 323-324 at [66]-[67] per Applegarth J

[27] [2010] NSWSC 1359 at [40].

[28] [2011] NSWSC 1469 at [9].

[29] State Water Corporation v Civil Team Engineering Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 1879 at [126] per Sackar J; Chase Oyster Bar Pty Ltd v Hamo Industries Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 190; (2010) 78 NSWLR 393 at [177] per McDougall J.

[30] John Holland Pty Limited v TAC Pacific Pty Ltd [2009] QSC 205; [2010] 1 Qd R 302, 321 at [57] per Applegarth J; Caltex Refineries (Qld) v Allstate Access (Australia) Pty Ltd [2014] QSC 223 at [38] per Philip McMurdo J.

[31] Exhibit "CS-1" to the affidavit of Christopher Scroope, filed 14 October 2016, CD8.

[32] Exhibit "ETB-5" to the Bird affidavit.

[33] Exhibit "ETB-3" to the Bird affidavit.

[34] Exhibit "ETB-4" to the Bird affidavit.

[35] Exhibit "ETB-6" to the Bird affidavit, page 190.

[36] Exhibit "ETB-6" to the Bird affidavit, page 183, [60(c)].

[37] Written Submissions for the Applicant, [38].

[38] Written Submissions for the Applicant, [40].

[39] [2016] QSC 108.

[40] [2016] QSC 108 at [44].

[41] [2016] QSC 108 at [44]- [45].

[42] [2016] QSC 108 at [44]- [45].

[43] Outline of Submissions for the First Respondent, [43](b).

[44] Written Submissions for the Applicant, [44].

[45] Written Submissions for the Applicant, [44].

[46] Exhibit "ETB-6" of the Bird affidavit, page 191, [71]-[72].

[47] Written Submissions for the Applicant, [46].

[48] Written Submissions for the Applicant, [45].

[51] Exhibit "ETB-6" to the Bird affidavit, page 191, [69].

[52] Outline of Submissions for the First Respondent, [7].

[53] Applicant's Written Submissions, [74].

[54] Exhibit "ETB-6" to the Bird affidavit, pages 203-204, [119]-[126].

[55] Exhibit "ETB-3" to the Bird affidavit, page 34.

[56] Exhibit "ETB-4" to the Bird affidavit, pages 79-81.

[57] Exhibit "ETB-6" to the Bird affidavit, page 195, [86]-[87].

[58] Exhibit "ETB-6" to the Bird affidavit, page 229, [224].

[59] Outline of Submissions for the First Respondent, [18] citing Holmwood Holdings Pty Ltd v Halkat Electrical Contractors Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 1129 at [34]- [49]; Brookhollow Pty Ltd v R & R Consultants Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 1 at [56]; McNab Developments (Qld) Pty Ltd v MAK Construction Services Pty Ltd [2015] 1 Qd R 250.

[60] Written Submissions for the Applicant, [68].

[62] [2009] NSWSC 320.

[63] [2009] NSWSC 320 at [43].

[64] [2013] NSWSC 1879.

[65] [2013] NSWSC 1879 at [66]. The NSW Payments Act uses the term "duly made" rather than "properly made" as used in s 26(2)(d) of the Act.

[66] [2013] NSWSC 1879 at [70].

[67] [2013] NSWSC 1879 at [41]- [42] per Sackar J.

[68] John Holland Pty Limited v Roads & Traffic Authority (NSW) [2007] NSWCA 19 at [63] per Hodgson JA (with whom Beazley JA agreed) and at [71] per Basten JA.

[69] [2013] NSWSC 1871 at [70]- [71].

[70] [2005] NSWSC 1129.

[71] [2005] NSWSC 1129 at [14].

[72] [2005] NSWSC 1129 at [51].

[73] [2005] NSWSC 1129 at [50].

[74] [2011] QSC 292.

[75] [2011] QSC 292 at [123]; City of Ryde v AMFM Constructions Pty Ltd & Anor [2011] NSWSC 1469 at [22] per Brereton J and State Water Corporation v Civil Team Engineering Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 1879 at [71]- [72] per Sackar J.

[76] Outline of Submissions for the First Respondent, [57].

[77] John Holland Pty Limited v Roads & Traffic Authority of NSW [2007] NSWCA 19 at [33] per Hodgson JA (with whom Beazley JA agreed).

[78] [2005] NSWCA 391; (2005) 64 NSWLR 448, 455 at [30].

[80] [2007] NSWCA 19 at [17] per Hodgson JA (with whom Beazley JA agreed).

[81] [2007] NSWCA at [21] per Hodgson JA (with whom Beazley JA agreed).

[82] [2005] NSWCA 142.

[84] [2005] NSWCA 142 at [35].

[85] [2007] NSWCA 19 at [49]- [50].

[86] [2007] NSWCA 19 at [57] per Hodgson JA (with whom Beazley JA agreed) and at [71]-[72] per Basten JA.