12-2-20 / Matthew Jones KC — Building & Construction
The hearing concerned whether certain sewerage headworks were excluded from the licensing requirements of section 42 of the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act. That question determined the validity of an adjudicator’s decision in favour of the contractor. Matthew Jones appeared for the First Respondent, instructed by HWL Ebsworth. The…
The Trustee For Hardev Property (Deve 10) Unit Trust v Palgrove Holdings Pty Ltd & others [2019] QSC 208
23-8-19 / Matthew Jones KC — Building & Construction
The Applicant applied to set aside an adjudication decision issued pursuant to the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (Qld) on the basis of jurisdictional error. The issue was whether section 42(1) of the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991 required a head civil works contractor to…
