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Wednesday, 18 February 2015

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Field Deployment Solutions Pty Ltd v SC Projects Australia Pty Ltd (WASC) - security of payments - error of law did not vitiate decision to dismiss adjudication application
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Field Deployment Solutions Pty Ltd v SC Projects Australia Pty Ltd [2015] WASC 60
Supreme Court of Western Australia
Mitchell J
Judicial review - construction contract - security of payments - appellant and respondent were parties to contract for appellant to supply, maintain and operate vehicles to haul material to designated works locations - payment dispute arose - appellant sought to engage provisions of Construction Contracts Act 2004 (WA) - appellant sought review of State Administrative Tribunal’s decision that agreement was not a construction contract for purpose of Act and that adjudication application was not prepared and served in accordance with s26 - Tribunal affirmed adjudicator’s dismissal of adjudication application - held: Tribunal erred in law in concluding agreement was not a construction contract - however error was capable of affecting only one of the two alternative grounds on which Tribunal’s decision was based - grounds of appeal did not challenge other alternative ground - error of law did not vitiate Tribunal’s decision - Tribunal’s decision affirmed.
Field Deployment Solutions Pty Ltd