Reed Construction (Q) P/L v Dellsun P/L

[2009] QSC 263

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Catchwords

1. Corporations
2. › Winding up
3. › Statutory demand
4. › Setting aside
5. › Genuine dispute
6. › Whether genuine dispute as to existence or amount of debt
7. › Whether offsetting claim established
8. › Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 459G, 459H
1. Corporations
2. › Winding up
3. › Statutory demand
4. › Setting aside
5. › Debt arising from adjudication under building and construction industry payments legislation
6. › Whether adjudicator's decision gives rise to res judicata or issue estoppel
7. › Whether State legislation can constrain operation of Commonwealth Corporations Act
8. › Building Construction Industries Payments Act 2004 (Qld), s 100
9. › Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 459G, 459H
1. Building and Construction
2. › Security of payment legislation
3. › Adjudication
4. › Effect of adjudicator's decision
5. › Whether interim or final determination
6. › Whether adjudication precludes genuine dispute or offsetting claim under Corporations Act
7. › Building Construction Industries Payments Act 2004 (Qld), ss 17, 18, 19, 100

Quick Take

An adjudicator's decision under the Building Construction Industries Payments Act 2004 (Qld) does not give rise to res judicata or issue estoppel so as to preclude a company from raising a genuine dispute or offsetting claim in an application to set aside a statutory demand under s 459G of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). Section 100 of BCIPA preserves the right to raise such disputes. The terms of BCIPA cannot constrain the operation of the Corporations Act.