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Posted: 15 February 2010
In A J Lucas Drilling Pty Ltd v McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd [2009] VSCA 310 (18 December 2009), the principal issue confronting the Victorian Court of Appeal was how the works should be valued under a subcontract prior to completion of works without fault by the subcontractor. Held: the trial judge's adoption of the "conventional" valuation methodology (of applying the subcontract lump pro-rata) was not erroneous or precluded by the construction of the relevant subcontract clause dealing with payment due on termination.
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