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Watpac Construction NSW Pty Limited v Taylor Thompson Whitting (NSW) Pty Ltd (NSWSC) - contract - specific performance - defendant required to submit dispute to expert determination in accordance with dispute resolution procedure
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Watpac Construction NSW Pty Limited v Taylor Thompson Whitting Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 780
Supreme Court of New South Wales
Ball J
Contract - specific performance - dispute resolution clause - defendant agreed to provide consultancy services to plaintiff in connection with construction of building, television studios and facilities - plaintiff sought orders requiring defendant to submit dispute between them to expert determination in accordance with dispute resolution clause in agreement - held: parties did not abandon dispute resolution procedure - meeting was not pre-condition to expert determination procedure - no jurisdictional error by expert - complaints in relation to expert determination agreement failed - plaintiff entitled to orders sought in summons.
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