Australia, April 27 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 28:
1. The plaintiff in this matter was unsuccessful in its claim against the defendant for the payment of a debt under s 15(2)(a) of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 ('the Act'). The principal judgment sets out the facts of the matter and I will not repeat them in detail (see Bettar Holdings Pty Ltd trading as Hunt Collaborative v RWC Brookvale Investments Pty Ltd as trustee for Brookvale Development Trust [2025] NSWDC 11).
2. The defendant now seeks costs, preferably on the indemnity basis with respect to the whole of the proceedings, or, otherwise, on the ordinary basis until 15 July 2024 ...