Catchwords:

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION — Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) — stay of execution of judgment obtained under s 25 of the Act pending determination of other proceedings — role of statutory policies in discretion to grant a stay of execution — where construction contract for consumer residential building work — where adjudicator did not determine aspects of principal’s response to payment claim — where other proceedings involve issue of whether construction contract void or voidable — where primary judge found principal has strong prima facie case in other proceedings