Concurrent pursuit of litigation and adjudication: an abuse of process?

Canterbury-Bankstown Council v Payce Communities Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1419

Legal update | Clayton Utz | January 2020

Thanks to Karen Ingram, Charles Leu and Jeremy Sebastian from Clayton Utz Commercial Litigation team for preparation of the legal update.

Tags: Adjudication, Legal practice, Building and construction, Dispute handling administration

A ‘missing link’: cross-claims in expert determinations

Poonindie Pty Ltd trading as Ted Wilson and Sons (TWS) v Eurobodalla Shire Council [2019] NSWCA 1485

Legal update | Clayton Utz | December 2019

Thanks to Karen Ingram, Jennifer Zhan and Keely Duggan from Clayton Utz Commercial Litigation team for preparation of the legal update.

Tags: Adjudication, Legal practice, Building and construction, Dispute handling administration

Broad or narrow? Questions of scope in relation to dispute resolution clauses

Lepcanfin Pty Ltd v Lepfin Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1328

Legal update | Clayton Utz | November 2019

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

Tags: Adjudication, Legal practice, Building and construction, Dispute handling administration

Don't wave goodbye to your rights! Does commencing court proceedings waive a right to arbitrate?

Avoiding acts that are inconsistent with a contractual right to arbitrate can ensure that this right is preserved.

Legal update | Clayton Utz | October 2019

Thanks to Karen Ingram and Nicole Flax from Clayton Utz Commercial Litigation team for preparation of the Legal Update.

Tags: Adjudication, Legal practice, Building and construction, Dispute handling administration

More than "mere inconvenience" required for an arbitration agreement to be "incapable of being performed"

Bulkbuild Pty Ltd v Fortuna Well Pty Ltd & Ors [2019] QSC 173

Legal Update | Clayton Utz | September 2019

Written by David Elston and Sean Kelly 

Tags:  Arbitration, Legal practice, Dispute handling administration

Arbitration Deadlock: The Courts to the Rescue

Tulip Bay Pty Ltd v Structural Monitoring Systems Ltd [2019] WASC 223
Legal update | Clayton Utz | August 2019
Written by Karen Ingram and James Crosby.

Expert determination or arbitration? A dispute about how to resolve a dispute

RW Health Partnerships Pty Ltd v Lendlease Building Contractors Pty Ltd [2019] VSC 353

Legal Update | Clayton Utz | July 2019

Written by Claire McKenzie, Sean Kelly and Alison Close

Expert determination enforced, not subject to judicial review for "error of law"

Lainson Holdings Pty Ltd v Duffy Kennedy Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 576

Legal update | Clayton Utz | June 2019

Written by Kathleen Hallpike, Allison van Beers and Sean Kelly

Tags: Adjudication, Legal practice, Building and construction, Dispute handling administration

Arb-med-arb: Follow the rules or face the costs

Case note | NSW | May 2019 | Available for purchase & free for members

Ku-ring-gai Council v Ichor Constructions Pty Ltd

This case note has been extracted from the Resolution Institute journal The Arbitrator and Mediator May 2019.

Written by Erika Williams and Alex Nicolaidis

Duelling arbitration Acts: Supreme Court untangles applications under Victorian and Queensland legislation

Mitchell Water Australia Pty Ltd v McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd [2018] VSC 753

Legal update | Clayton Utz | May 2019

Written by Kathleen Hallpike, Allison van Beers and Sean Kelly

Tags: Adjudication, Legal practice, Building and construction, Dispute handling administration