Cases - Perini Corporation v Commonwealth of Australia

Record details

Name

Perini Corporation v Commonwealth of Australia

Date

(1969)

Citation

2 NSWLR 530

Keywords

Construction contracts - certification - application for extension of time - implied term - whether implied term of contract that duties and role of certifier would not be interfered with

Summary

The claimant had contracted with the defendant to carry out certain building works. By the contract, an official of the defendant called the Director of Works was held by the Court to be appointed as a certifier under the contract. Disputes arose between the parties in relation to the claimant's applications for extensions of time. It was held that there was an implied term in the contract that the defendant would not interfere with the Director of Works' duties as certifier.