Northbuild Construction P/L v Central Interior Linings P/L & Ors

[2011] QCA 22

Queensland Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Administrative Law
2. › Judicial review
3. › Privative clauses
4. › State Supreme Court supervisory jurisdiction
5. › Whether legislature can exclude review for jurisdictional error
6. › Whether s 18(2) Judicial Review Act 1991 (Qld) excludes supervisory jurisdiction
7. › Kirk v Industrial Court (NSW)
8. › Constitution of Queensland 2001, s 58
1. Administrative Law
2. › Judicial review
3. › Good faith
4. › Bona fide attempt to exercise statutory power
5. › Whether adjudicator made genuine attempt to perform statutory function
6. › Whether good faith requires more than subjective honesty
7. › Broad versus narrow test
8. › R v Hickman; Ex parte Fox and Clinton
1. Building and Construction
2. › Security of payment legislation
3. › Adjudication decisions
4. › Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld)
5. › Validity of adjudication decision
6. › Whether adjudicator considered respondent's submissions under s 26(2)
7. › Whether adjudicator denied natural justice
8. › Whether adjudicator's approach to valuation demonstrated want of bona fides
1. Building and Construction
2. › Security of payment legislation
3. › Adjudication decisions
4. › Essential preconditions for valid adjudication
5. › Brodyn Pty Ltd v Davenport
6. › Whether non-compliance with statutory requirements renders adjudication void
7. › Whether distinction between jurisdictional error and essential preconditions is valid after Kirk
8. › Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld), ss 26, 31(4)(a)(iii)

Quick Take

Adjudication decisions under the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld) remain subject to judicial review for jurisdictional error by the Supreme Court of Queensland notwithstanding the exclusion of such decisions from the Judicial Review Act 1991 (Qld) by s 18(2). The Brodyn framework for identifying essential statutory preconditions remains applicable in Queensland, but must be understood in light of Kirk as not excluding review for jurisdictional error. An adjudicator who considers the parties' submissions but prefers one methodology over another, or declines to undertake an exhaustive item-by-item analysis of voluminous claims in favour of a pragmatic approach consistent with the interim nature of the adjudication, does not thereby fail to act in good faith or commit jurisdictional error.