Denbrook Constructions Pty Ltd v CBO Developments Pty Ltd

DISTRICT COURT OF QUEENSLAND CITATION:  Denbrook Constructions Pty Ltd v CBO Developments Pty Ltd [2021] QDC 325 PARTIES:  DENBROOK CONSTRUCTIONS PTY LTD ACN 109 582 122 (Plaintiff) v CBO DEVELOPMENTS PTY LTD ACN 628 135 768 (Defendant) FILE NO: 823/21 DIVISION: Civil PROCEEDING: Application ORIGINATING COURT:  District Court at Brisbane DELIVERED ON: 14 December 2021 (ex tempore) DELIVERED AT: Brisbane HEARING DATE:  13 December 2021 JUDGE: Porter QC DCJ ORDER: 1.   The application filed 6 December 2021 be dismissed; 2.   The matter be placed on the Commercial List; and 3.   The costs of the application be the Defendant’s costs in the proceedings. LEGISLATION: Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (Qld), ss. 61, 67, 68, 69, 75, 100 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld), r. 292 CASES: Ausipile Pty Ltd v Bothar Boring and Tunnelling (Australia) Pty Ltd [2021] QCA 223 Clarence Street Pty Ltd v Isis Projects Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 391 KDV Sport Pty Ltd v Muggeridge Constructions Pty Ltd [2019] QSC 178 T & M Buckley P/L v 57 Moss Road P/L [2010] QCA 381 COUNSEL: M. Steele for the plaintiff W. Thomas for the defendants SOLICITORS: Rose Litigation Lawyers for the plaintiff ABKJ Lawyers for the defendants     The plaintiff (Denbrook) sues the defendant (CBO) for summary judgment on its claim based on a payment claim delivered purportedly under the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (Qld) (BIFA). The document relied upon is styled as ‘Payment Claim 26’. Denbrook pleads that it delivered a...