How broad is your dispute resolution clause? Think carefully before cementing its terms

Tensioned Concrete Pty Ltd v Munich Re [2020] WASC 431

Legal update | Clayton Utz | February 2021

Thanks to Roxana Carrion and Karen Ingram from Clayton Utz Commercial Litigation team for preparation of the legal update.

Tags: Arbitration, Legal practice, Dispute handling administration

Victorian Court of Appeal considers adverse inferences to be drawn from failure to respond to a payment claim

1155 Nepean Highway Pty Ltd v Promax Buildings Pty Ltd [2020] VSCA 253

Legal update | Clayton Utz | December 2020

Thanks to Esther Dwyer, Danielle Mizrahi and Josephine Brook from the Clayton Utz Major Projects & Construction team for preparation of the legal update.

Tags: Adjudication, Legal practice, Dispute handling administration

Overturning arbitral awards — Australian courts maintain a high bar

Full Joy Foods Pty Ltd v Australian Dairy Park Pty Ltd [2020] VSC 672

Legal update | Clayton Utz | November 2020

Thanks to Karen Ingram and George Pasas from Clayton Utz Commercial Litigation team for preparation of the legal update.

Tags: Legal practice, Arbitration, Dispute handling administration

Ignorance may not be bliss: wilful failure to take part in arbitral proceedings against you will not necessarily make the award unenforceable

Energy City Qatar Holding Company v Hub Street Equipment Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] FCA 1116

Legal update | Clayton Utz | October 2020

Thanks to Karen Ingram and Lindsay Norton from Clayton Utz Commercial Litigation team for preparation of the legal update.

Tags: Legal practice, Arbitration, Dispute handling administration

Has the expert gone beyond the mandate? The importance of accurately defining the 'dispute' in expert determination agreements

Lepcanfin Pty Ltd v Lepfin Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 155

Legal update | Clayton Utz |August 2020

Thanks to Karen Ingram and Connor Mulholland from Clayton Utz Commercial Litigation team for preparation of the legal update.

Tags: Legal practice, Expert determination, Dispute handling administration

A wrecked yacht is a problem, but bad behaviour ain't one

Collins v State of Queensland [2020] QSC 154

Legal update | Clayton Utz | July 2020

Thanks to Karen Ingram and Roxana Carrion from Clayton Utz Commercial Litigation team for preparation of the legal update.

Tags: Legal practice, Mediation , Dispute handling administration

Case note – Sandvik Mining and Construction Australia Pty Ltd v Fisher [No 2] [2020] WASC 123

Case note | Professional Development Group, Perth, WA | July 2020

Tags: Arbitration, Adjudication, Legal practice, Dispute handling administration

Know your limits: Narrowly drafted multi-tiered dispute resolution clause precludes party from referring claim for unliquidated damages to arbitration

Inghams Enterprises Pty Limited v Hannigan [2020] NSWCA 82

Legal update | Clayton Utz | June 2020

Thanks to Frazer Moss and Stephanie Centorame from Clayton Utz Major Projects & Construction team for preparation of the legal update.

Tags: Arbitration, Legal practice, Dispute handling administration

I want a second opinion: the Federal Court considers the right to appeal an arbitral award under the Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 (Vic)

Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Limited v Commonwealth of Australia [2020] VSC 127

Legal update | Clayton Utz | May 2020

Thanks to Karen Ingram and Nick Harding from Clayton Utz Commercial Litigation team for preparation of the legal update.

Tags: Arbitration, Legal practice, Dispute handling administration

Out of time and no reasonable prospects of success: Federal Court confirms threshold questions for applications to set aside arbitral awards

Sharma v Military Ceramics Corporation [2020] FCA 216

Legal update | Clayton Utz | March 2020

Thanks to Karen Ingram and Bernice Lethlean from Clayton Utz Commercial Litigation team for preparation of the legal update.

Tags: Arbitration, Legal practice, Dispute handling administration