TFM Epping Land Pty Ltd v Decon Australia Pty Ltd

• 1. Building and Construction
  2. › Security of payment legislation
  3. › Payment claims
  4. › Claim for variations
  5. › Whether claim for quantum meruit or under contract
  6. › Whether invalidity of claimed amount invalidates payment claim
  7. › Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW), ss 8, 13, 14, 15
• 1. Building and Construction
  2. › Security of payment legislation
  3. › Payment claims
  4. › Reference date
  5. › Whether inclusion of interest accruing after reference date invalidates claim
  6. › Whether claim bears necessary relationship to reference date
  7. › Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW), ss 8, 13
• 1. Building and Construction
  2. › Security of payment legislation
  3. › Payment claims
  4. › Service of payment claim
  5. › Supporting statement
  6. › Consequence of failure to serve compliant supporting statement
  7. › Whether non-compliance invalidates payment claim or service
  8. › Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW), ss 13(7), 13(8), 13(9)
• 1. Statutory Interpretation
  2. › Penalty provision
  3. › Implied civil consequences
  4. › Whether breach of prohibition with prescribed penalty invalidates act done in contravention
  5. › Whether legislative intention to invalidate should be implied where statute provides its own remedy
  6. › Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW), s 13(7)

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