Allowed
Claimant Entitled to Payment for Variations and Contaminated Fill Removal
Case No.
⚖️ Legal holding
A contractor is entitled to payment for variations and work done to remove contaminated fill if the work was properly instructed and executed.
📖 Technical summary
The court ruled in favour of the claimant regarding the validity of certain variations and the removal of contaminated fill.
📚 Full judgment
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⚖️ What tends to weigh in cases like this
✅ Tends to be accepted
- The court accepted that a specific person, not the company, was the nominated project manager under the contract.
- The owner was prevented from denying that the specific person was the project manager because both parties acted as if he was.
- The owner breached the contract by failing to ensure the nominated project manager performed his duties.
- The contractor was entitled to payment for removing contaminated fill because the owner instructed the work.
- The presence of asbestos was a latent defect, triggering a contract clause for variations.
❌ Tends to be rejected
- The owner's claim that the removed fill was not contaminated with asbestos was not proven.
- The owner's argument that the work was not necessary or reasonable was rejected.
Patterns observed in similar cases in this collection — every case is unique.
❓ Frequently asked questions
Was the decision for or against the person who brought the case?
The decision was for the person who brought the case.
What evidence or documents mattered?
The evidence and documents that mattered included the contract, the instructions for the work, and the execution of the work.
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