• Centurion Australia Investments Pty Ltd v APM Group (Aust) Pty Ltd [2023] VSCA 324 - The Victorian Court of Appeal has recently provided guidance on projects that are exempt from the application of the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 (DBC Act). In this case, the Court confirmed that under the Domestic Building Contracts Regulations 2017 (DBC Regulations), certain building work relating to a residential building that will be used as student accommodation can be excluded from the operation of the DBC Act.
• Hunters Green Retirement Living Pty Ltd vs JG King [2023] VSC 536 - In the recent decision of Hunters Green Retirement Living Pty Ltd v J.G. King [2023] VSC 536, the Supreme Court of Victoria (Court) held that payment claims issued under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic) (the SOP Act) for the return of outstanding security under two construction contracts constituted valid payment claims, overturning the Court’s prior decision in Punton’s Shoes v Citi-Con [2020] VSC 514.