Niclin Constructions Pty Ltd v SHA Premier Constructions Pty Ltd & Anor The recent Queensland Court of Appeal decision of Niclin Constructions Pty Ltd v SHA Premier Constructions Pty Ltd & Anor [2019] QCA 177 considered, inter alia, whether section 38(4) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 (Qld) (AIA) applies to the service of adjudication applications, and […]
Part 1 – Who are you? Who are you contracting with? One of the first things that we look at when a client comes to us is who the relevant parties are. It is necessary that we think about this for a number of reasons. Despite their size or experience, clients are often confused about what their[…]
This week, Aleisha MacKenzie and Michael Burgess take a look at Prime Costs and Provisional Sums which can often be a point of dispute between a home owner and their builder in domestic building contracts. Often the cause of this dispute is because owners (and often builders) do not understand what PC and PS are and the[…]