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High Court decision: reference dates necessary for valid payment claims

High Court decision: reference dates necessary for valid payment claims

In its first decision concerning the construction industry’s security of payments laws, the High Court’s judgment this week in Southern Han Breakfast Point Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) v Lewence Construction Pty Ltd [2016] HCA 52 has delivered a clear message to claimants and those responding to claims that there must be a “reference date” for …