Following on from my earlier articles concerning Queensland’s Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act, the adjudication process is open to a contractor where an amount owed under a payment claim is not paid by the due date, or a payment schedule has the payment amount less than the amount in the payment claim. Since […]
If you have received a payment claim for building work and do not believe that it is owed or there is an offsetting claim, you must respond by serving a valid Payment Schedule on the earlier of 15 business days after the payment claim is received, or a shorter period if specified in the contract. […]
After many years of contractors being exhausted financially and delayed by having disputes over payment run through the court system, in 2004 Queensland joined other states in making legislation designed to fast track the determination of claims to payment. That legislation was then revised in 2017 to the current Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) […]
In the recent decision of Quach v GLC Partners Pty Ltd [2025] QCAT 265, a claim made by QCAT as a minor civil dispute against a Real Estate agency was dismissed because the jurisdiction to have claims between a consumer and a trader does not extend to claims against professionals. Background QCT provides a convenient […]
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