A builder cannot recover a quantum meruit under the Liebe v Molloy principle for work that falls within the scope of the original lump sum contract, even where the contractual variation procedure was not complied with and a variation advice was signed by the owner. The signing of a variation advice does not conclusively establish entitlement to payment where the document purports to give effect to a contractual variation procedure whose requirements have not been satisfied.
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