including any case law that would support the signing of its claim. Applicant’s I require the above submissions by 10.00am CST on Monday 7 December 2015. Depending on the content of the above submissions, I may require further submissions from the parties in relation to any additional questions that may arise and, if this becomes necessary, I will seek an extension of time from the Registrar under s.34(3)(a) in which to make my determination. As the parties would know, it essential that I fully inform myself in relation to this matter to ensure that there is no denial of natural justice and that I have taken account of all the evidence in this matter in line with in Hall Contracting Pty Ltd v McMahon Barr J’s decision Contractors Pty Ltd and Anor [2014] NTSC 20 at 42” On 3 December 2015 I sent a letter to the Construction Registrar, copied to the parties, seeking an extension of time within which to make my determination. The grounds sought were the complicated issues in the adjudication that required further submissions from the parties which would take some additional time to finalise. The Construction Registrar granted my request that same day 3 December 20915 and the time for making my determination was extended up to and inclusive of 18 December 2015. Later that same day, 3 December 2015, the Respondent sent me its further submissions to the questions I had asked on 2 December 2015. I confirmed receipt of those submissions and requested the Respondent copy the Applicant on the submissions, which they did. On 7 December 2015 the Applicant sent me its further submissions to the questions I had asked on 2 December 2015. The submissions were a little late as follows: Adjudicator, “Dear There has been some delay in our office this morning. My apologies. further submissions attached. Applicant’s Regards, Jeff Collins Associate” Later that day, 7 December 2015, the Respondent objected to the lateness of the further submissions and requested that I not Applicant’s
including any case law that would support the Applicant’s signing of its claim. I require the above submissions by 10.00am CST on Monday 7 December 2015. Depending on the content of the above submissions, I may require further submissions from the parties in relation to any additional questions that may arise and, if this becomes necessary, I will seek an extension of time from the Registrar under s.34(3)(a) in which to make my determination. As the parties would know, it essential that I fully inform myself in relation to this matter to ensure that there is no denial of natural justice and that I have taken account of all the evidence in this matter in line with Barr J’s decision in Hall Contracting Pty Ltd v McMahon Contractors Pty Ltd and Anor [2014] NTSC 20 at 42” On 3 December 2015 I sent a letter to the Construction Registrar, copied to the parties, seeking an extension of time within which to make my determination. The grounds sought were the complicated issues in the adjudication that required further submissions from the parties which would take some additional time to finalise. The Construction Registrar granted my request that same day 3 December 20915 and the time for making my determination was extended up to and inclusive of 18 December 2015. Later that same day, 3 December 2015, the Respondent sent me its further submissions to the questions I had asked on 2 December 2015. I confirmed receipt of those submissions and requested the Respondent copy the Applicant on the submissions, which they did. On 7 December 2015 the Applicant sent me its further submissions to the questions I had asked on 2 December 2015. The submissions were a little late as follows: “Dear Adjudicator, There has been some delay in our office this morning. My apologies. Applicant’s further submissions attached. Regards, Jeff Collins Associate” Later that day, 7 December 2015, the Respondent objected to the lateness of the Applicant’s further submissions and requested that I not
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