May Harlow Pty Ltd v Winten (No 48) Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 1011 Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms are becoming widely used across all sectors, not just in the building and construction industry. This is because they are often cheaper and faster when compared to...
The Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) (“the Act”) aims to ensure that any individual is entitled to quickly receive and be able to recover progress payments for carrying out construction work (or for providing related...
A Calderbank offer is an offer of settlement made in a “without prejudice” communication, which can have its confidential nature waived in an application for indemnity costs (Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333). Making a “without prejudice” settlement offer...
