Shoalhaven City Council v. Firedam Civil Engineering Pty Limited
Case No.
S216/2010
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
19/04/2010 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal)(Beazley JA, Campbell JA, Macfarlan JA)
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.
Documents
03/09/2010 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)
23/09/2010 Notice of appeal
20/12/2010 Written submissions (Appellant)
20/12/2010 Chronology
22/12/2011 Submitting appearance (Respondent)
03/02/2011 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)
04/02/2011 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra)
05/10/2011 Judgment (Judgment summary)