Adapt Constructions Pty Ltd v Brad Whittaker
| Jurisdiction | Australian Capital Territory |
| Judge | Burns J: |
| Judgment Date | 26 August 2015 |
| Docket Number | File Number: SCA 83 of 2014 |
| Court | Supreme Court of ACT |
| Date | 26 August 2015 |
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2 firm's commentaries
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No liquidated damages? No problem (unless you're a builder)
...exclude a claim for damages for delay without clear words to that effect. In the recent case of Adapt Constructions Pty Ltd v Whittaker [2015] ACTSC 188, the ACT Supreme Court found that a construction contract based on a standard form which left blank the amount for liquidated damages to b......
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Construction & Infrastructure - What's news - 1 September 2015
...of Payment Act 2002 (Vic) application of ss 9(1), 9(2), 14(8), 14(9). More... Other Adapt Constructions Pty Ltd v Whittaker and Luff [2015] ACTSC 188 CONTRACTS - Building, Engineering and Related Contracts - defective building work - damages - whether cost of demolition and rebuild reasonab......
1 books & journal articles
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Defects
...at [25], per akenhead J; Re Douglas Aerospace Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 167 at [41], per Brereton J; Adapt Constructions Pty Ltd v Whittaker [2015] aCTSC 188 at [53]–[58], per Burns J; Owners – Strata Plan 74602 v Brookield Australia Investments Ltd [2015] NSWSC 1916 at [36]–[40], per Stevenson ......