Shoalhaven City Council v. Firedam Civil Engineering Pty Limited

Lower Court Judgment

19/04/2010 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal)(Beazley JA, Campbell JA, Macfarlan JA)

[2010] NSWCA 59

Catchwords

Contracts — Building, engineering and related contracts — Settlement of disputes — Expert determination — Where express contractual obligation to give reasons in expert determination — Nature and extent of contractual obligation to give reasons — Whether expert determination contained inconsistency in reasons — Whether inconsistency in reasons means expert did not give reasons for determination as a whole — Whether inconsistency in reasons means contractual obligation not fulfilled and determination not binding on parties.

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