25-11-22 / Matthew Hickey OAM — Building & Construction
An application for payment of a debt said to be owing due to the failure to submit a valid Payment Schedule under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW). The case involved some interesting matters of contractual construction concerning the electronic service of documents and the proof of…
16-11-22 / Matthew Hickey OAM, Salwa Marsh, Sarah Spottiswood — Corporations
The Plaintiffs sought in the Supreme Court a permanent stay of criminal prosecutions in the Magistrates Court regarding alleged breaches of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the Criminal Code 1899 (Qld). The contended bases for that relief included that success in the prosecutions required propositions to be established which…
31-8-22 / Matthew Hickey OAM — Contract
An issue of evidence admissibility arising from a claim for damages for alleged breach of contract, negligence and misleading and deceptive conduct in relation to a boiler at a sugar mill. The mill’s then chief engineer received from the mill’s accountants Major Items Reports pertaining to required equipment repairs at…
24-5-22 / Matthew Hickey OAM — Contract, Insurance
Matthew Hickey OAM appeared for the fourth respondent, instructed by HFW Lawyers. The judgment is published here.
11-4-22 / Michael Trim, Matthew Hickey OAM, Rachel De Luchi — Building & Construction, Contract, Professional Negligence
In a proceeding concerning alleged breaches of contract and negligence in the construction of a high-rise apartment building at Hamilton, three separate defendants sought to strike out aspects of the plaintiff's claims against them. In this application, Matthew Hickey OAM (instructed by DLA Piper) appeared for the successful second defendant. In…
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