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

Court now, arbitrate later? Preserving your rights after litigation commences

Nu-Fortune Gold Ltd v Roxbury Trading Pty Ltd [No 3] [2019] WASC 469

Legal update | Clayton Utz | February 2020

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

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

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