Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA)
3 cases · August 2025 to April 2026
Case Volume by Year
1 25
2 26
2025–2026
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Adjudication — Setting aside adjudication decision — Enforcement of adjudication decision — Sections 15(b), 15(d) and 28 CIPAA — Scope of court's supervisory jurisdiction — Whether adjudicator acted in excess of jurisdiction — Whether adjudicator denied natural justice — Whether adjudication decision was non-speaking and unreasoned — Whether failure to specify time and manner of payment rendered decision invalid. 2 Section 30 — Direct Payment — Principal's Liability -- Adjudication Decision — Failure to Pay — Statutory Claim Evidential Burden — Interim Payment Certificate (IPC) — Proof of Payment — Section 30(5) CIPAA Service of Notice — Proper Delivery — Clause 77.3 — Jurisdictional Defect — Section 30(1) CIPAA Corporate Veil — Separate Legal Entity — Lifting Corporate Veil — Interests of Justice "Unified Entity" Doctrine — Agency — Ostensible Authority — Common Directors — Shared Addresses Construction Law — Payment Adjudication — Principal-Subcontractor Disputes — Statutory Compliance 1
Adjudication — Setting aside adjudication decision — Enforcement of adjudication decision — Sections 15(b), 15(d) and 28 CIPAA — Scope of court's supervisory jurisdiction — Whether adjudicator acted in excess of jurisdiction — Whether adjudicator denied natural justice — Whether adjudication decision was non-speaking and unreasoned — Whether failure to specify time and manner of payment rendered decision invalid. 2 cases
Key Statutes
Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012
cited in 1 case Rules of Court 2012
cited in 1 case