This case concerned the construction of a dispute resolution clause in an agreement for the undertaking of a “social benefit bond”, to which the State of Queensland is a party.
Against the background of a dispute which has arisen between the parties, the question for the New South Wales Supreme Court was whether a dispute resolution clause (which the plaintiff argued obliged the parties to participate in expert determination) was void for uncertainty. Justice Sackar decided it was not.
Matthew Hickey and Sophie Gibson appeared for the State of Queensland, instructed by Crown Law.
The judgment can be read by clicking here