In the Australian courts

New South Wales

• Capturing conversations: the art of actual persuasion | BM Sydney Building Materials Pty Ltd v AWT Building Group (AUST) Pty Ltd; BM Sydney Building Materials Pty Ltd v AWT Building Pty Ltd; Harpro Group Pty Ltd v BM Sydney Building Materials Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 421
• You say "tomayto" and I say "tomahto" - but do we have a contract? | Boss Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd v Rohrig (NSW) Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 374
• Inconsistent contractual rights exercisable at the same time do not result in a 'first past the post regime'  | Greencapital Aust Pty Ltd v Pasminco Cockle Creek Smelter Pty Ltd (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) [2019] NSWCA 53
• Effective novation of contract – avoid shortcuts | Kai Ling (Australia) Pty Ltd v Rosengreen [2019] NSWCA 3
• Commercial honesty: You don't say it best when you say nothing at all | Porges v Adcock Private Equity Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 79

Queensland

• Excluded individuals subject to certain past insolvency events may qualify for QBCC licences | Ezra Constructions Pty Ltd v Queensland Building and Construction Commission & Ors [2019] QSC 47
• Failure to build dream home amounts to a breach of warranty and wrongful repudiation | Mousa & Anor v Vukobratich Enterprises Pty Ltd & Anor [2019] QSC 49
• Effective service of a payment claim via Aconex: Yes or No? | The Trust Company (Australia) Ltd atf the WH Buranda Trust v Icon Co (Qld) Pty Ltd & Anor [2019] QSC 87