Aveo Retirement Homes Limited v Springfield City Group Pty Limited

[2024] QCA 102

Queensland Court of Appeal

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Interrogate

Catchwords

1. Appeal
2. › Interference with discretion of court below
3. › Interlocutory injunction
4. › Whether primary judge applied wrong principle for prima facie case
5. › Whether 'serious question to be tried' formulation constituted error
6. › Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 227 CLR 57
1. Contract
2. › Construction and interpretation of contracts
3. › Development deed
4. › Business plan requirements
5. › Whether business plans 'materially inconsistent' with deed requirements
6. › Whether plans constituted 'Business Plans' under the deed
1. Equity
2. › Injunctions
3. › Interlocutory injunctions
4. › Balance of convenience
5. › Whether irreparable harm established
6. › Whether wasted costs of expert determination constituted sufficient prejudice
7. › Whether delay disentitled applicant to relief
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Expert determination
3. › Jurisdiction of expert
4. › Whether expert had mandate to determine dispute where plans not 'Business Plans' under deed
5. › Whether court proceedings should restrain expert determination

Quick Take

Use of the phrase 'serious question to be tried' by a primary judge will not constitute error where the substance of the reasoning demonstrates application of the correct O'Neill/Beecham test for interlocutory injunctions.