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Top Cat Installations Pty Ltd v Southstar Homes Pty Ltd

Case [2019] VCC 1878

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AGLC: Top Cat Installations Pty Ltd v Southstar Homes Pty Ltd [2019] VCC 1878
Case: [2019] VCC 1878
Decision Date: 22 November 2019

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Top Cat Installations Pty Ltd v Southstar Homes Pty Ltd [2019] VCC 1878

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Director of Public Prosecutions v Thu Thi Nguyen [2019] VCC 1878

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Ausipile Pty Ltd v Bothar Boring and Tunnelling (Australia) Pty Ltd [2021] QSC 39
Citation 1 (Para 1)

…Gujarat NRE Wonga Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 707 at [19]-[25]. [40]Ibid at 17-8 [43]. See also Top Cat Installations Pty Ltd v Southstar Homes Pty Ltd [2019] VCC 1878.…
JMT Construction and Project Management Pty Ltd v Basile [2025] VCC 466
Citation 2 (Para 8)

…Pty Ltd v Southstar Homes Pty Ltd .[14] In that case, the description was considered insufficient for the purposes of satisfying s 14(2). [14][2019] VCC 1878, 9 [13].…
SG Investment Group Pty Ltd v K&K Industries Pty Ltd [2020] VCC 1341
Citation 3 (Para 6)

…018] VCC 674 at [39]-[54]; SJ Higgins v The Bays Healthcare Group Inc [2018] VCC 805 at [26]; Top Cat Installations Pty Ltd v Southstar Homes Pty Ltd [2019] VCC 1878 at [6].…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Thu Thi Nguyen [2012] VCC 1878
Citation 4

…[2019] VCC 1878…

Cases Cited

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Trinco (NSW) Pty Ltd v Alpha A Group Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 239
Citation 1

…ions (Victoria) Pty Ltd [2014] VSC 596; Matrix Projects (Qld) Pty Ltd v Luscombe [2013] QSC 4; Trinco (NSW) Pty Ltd v Alpha A Group Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 239; John Beever (Aust) Pty Limited v Paper Australia Pty Ltd [2019] VSC 126; Gantley Pty Ltd v Phoenix International Group Pty Ltd [2010] VSC 106…
Pittwater Council v Keystone Projects Group Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1791
Citation 2

…Walter Construction Group Ltd v CPL (Surry Hills) Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 266, [82] and Pittwater Council v Keystone Projects Group Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1791, [22]]. The relevant context recognises that ‘[p]ayment claims are usually given and received by parties experienced in the building industry who are familiar wi…
Matrix Projects (Qld) Pty Ltd v Luscombe [2013] QSC 4
Citation 3

…6 Cases Cited: APN DF2 Project 2 Pty Ltd v Grocon Constructions (Victoria) Pty Ltd [2014] VSC 596; Matrix Projects (Qld) Pty Ltd v Luscombe [2013] QSC 4; Trinco (NSW) Pty Ltd v Alpha A Group Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 239; John Beever (Aust) Pty Limited v Paper Australia Pty Ltd [2019] VSC 126; Gantley Pty Ltd v Phoe…
Machkevitch v Andrew Building Constructions [2012] NSWSC 546
Citation 4 (Para 15)

…[3] Machevitch v Andrew Building Constructions [2012] NSWSC 546, per McDougal J at [15]-[18] and [27]-[29]…
Protectavale Pty Ltd v K2K Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 1248
Citation 5

…istory of the project and any issues which may have arisen between them regarding payment’ [citing Protectavale Pty Ltd v K2K Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 1248, [10] and Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd v Luikens [2003] NSWSC 1140, [76].”…
Fernandes Constructions v Tahmoor Coal (t/as Centennial Coal) [2007] NSWSC 381
Citation 6

…o the hypothetical reasonable observer by whom the analysis of the document is undertaken’ [citing Fernandes Constructions v Tahmoor Coal [2007] NSWSC 381, [27]. See also Walter Construction Group Ltd v CPL (Surry Hills) Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 266, [82] and Pittwater Council v Keystone Projects Group Pty Ltd [2014] N…
Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd v Luikens [2003] NSWSC 1140
Citation 7

…hem regarding payment’ [citing Protectavale Pty Ltd v K2K Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 1248, [10] and Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd v Luikens [2003] NSWSC 1140, [76].”…
Walter Construction Group Ltd v CPL (Surry Hills) Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 266
Citation 8

…[citing Fernandes Constructions v Tahmoor Coal [2007] NSWSC 381, [27]. See also Walter Construction Group Ltd v CPL (Surry Hills) Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 266, [82] and Pittwater Council v Keystone Projects Group Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1791, [22]]. The relevant context recognises that ‘[p]ayment claims are usually given…
Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd [1992] HCATrans 297
Citation 9

…-[54]. See also SJ Higgins v The Bays Healthcare Group Inc [2018] VCC 805 at [26] [2] Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd [1992] HCA 66; (1992) 110 ALR 449, 449-450 (Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane and Gaudron JJ)…
John Beever (Aust) Pty Limited v Paper Australia Pty Ltd [2019] VSC 126
Citation 10

…combe [2013] QSC 4; Trinco (NSW) Pty Ltd v Alpha A Group Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 239; John Beever (Aust) Pty Limited v Paper Australia Pty Ltd [2019] VSC 126; Gantley Pty Ltd v Phoenix International Group Pty Ltd [2010] VSC 106…
John Beever v Roads Corporation [2018] VSC 635
Citation 11

…ummary judgment under s16, it may be appropriate to apply the test for s61 of the Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic): see John Beever v Roads Corporation [2018] VSC 635; see also Best Fab Pty Ltd (ACN 105 906 876) v Australian High Bay Installations Pty Ltd (ACN 612 575 934) [2018] VCC 1053. But in the present case I…
APN DF2 Project 2 Pty Ltd v Grocon Constructors (Victoria) Pty Ltd [2014] VSC 596
Citation 12

…Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic) ss4, 10A, 14(2) and 16 Cases Cited: APN DF2 Project 2 Pty Ltd v Grocon Constructions (Victoria) Pty Ltd [2014] VSC 596; Matrix Projects (Qld) Pty Ltd v Luscombe [2013] QSC 4; Trinco (NSW) Pty Ltd v Alpha A Group Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 239; John Beever (Aust) Pty Limited v Paper A…
Seabay Properties Pty Ltd v Galvin Construction Pty Ltd [2011] VSC 183
Citation 13 (Para 54)

…[15] Seabay Properties Pty Ltd v Galvin Constructions Pty Ltd [2011] VSC 183, per Vickery J at [54]…
Gantley Pty Ltd v Phoenix International Group Pty Ltd [2010] VSC 106
Citation 14

…] NSWSC 239; John Beever (Aust) Pty Limited v Paper Australia Pty Ltd [2019] VSC 126; Gantley Pty Ltd v Phoenix International Group Pty Ltd [2010] VSC 106…
Best Fab Pty Ltd v Australian High Bay Installations Pty Ltd [2018] VCC 1053
Citation 15

…Beever v Roads Corporation [2018] VSC 635; see also Best Fab Pty Ltd (ACN 105 906 876) v Australian High Bay Installations Pty Ltd (ACN 612 575 934) [2018] VCC 1053. But in the present case I will adopt the approach taken in 3D Flow Solutions and recommended in SJ Higgins .…
SJ Higgins v The Bays Healthcare Group Inc [2018] VCC 805
Citation 16 (Para 26)

…gs[2] ): [1] 3D Flow Solutions Pty Ltd v LTP Armstrong Creek Pty Ltd [2018] VCC 674 at [39]-[54]. See also SJ Higgins v The Bays Healthcare Group Inc [2018] VCC 805 at [26] [2] Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd [1992] HCA 66; (1992) 110 ALR 449, 449-450 (Mason CJ, Brennan, Deane and Gaudron JJ)…
3D Flow Solutions Pty Ltd v LTP Armstrong Creek Pty Ltd [2018] VCC 674
Citation 17 (Para 39)

…probabilities, noting (after quoting from the High Court decision in Neat Holdings[2] ): [1] 3D Flow Solutions Pty Ltd v LTP Armstrong Creek Pty Ltd [2018] VCC 674 at [39]-[54]. See also SJ Higgins v The Bays Healthcare Group Inc [2018] VCC 805 at [26] [2] Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd [1992]…
Constructpro Pty Ltd v Maicome Pty Ltd [2014] VCC 1719
Citation 18

…facts meant it was not engaged in Best Balustrades Pty Ltd v APM Group (Aust) Pty Ltd [2014] VCC 1659 and Constructpro Pty Ltd v Maicome Pty Ltd [2014] VCC 1719.”…
Best Balustrades Pty Ltd v APM Group (Aust) Pty Ltd [2014] VCC 1659
Citation 19

…has also been accepted in this Court, although the relevant facts meant it was not engaged in Best Balustrades Pty Ltd v APM Group (Aust) Pty Ltd [2014] VCC 1659 and Constructpro Pty Ltd v Maicome Pty Ltd [2014] VCC 1719.”…

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