Lee v Strelnicks; Souaid v Nahas; Cassim v Nguyen; Rixon v Arsalan [2020] NSWCA 115

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lee v Strelnicks; Souaid v Nahas; Cassim v Nguyen; Rixon v Arsalan [2020] NSWCA 115 Hearing dates: 14 November 2019 Decision date: 18 June 2020 Before: Meagher JA at [1]; White JA at [26]; Emmett AJA at [82] Decision: Direct the applicants to bring in short minutes to give effect to these conclusions. Catchwords: TORTS — Damages — Damage to non-income producing chattel — Motor vehicle collision — Damaged vehicle unavailable while undergoing repairs — Damages for inconvenience — Owner's need for replacement vehicle — Rental charges incurred for vehicle of equivalent value to damaged vehicle — Whether charges recoverable — Whether charges reasonably necessary to meet need Legislation Cited: Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) s 39 Local Court (Civil Claims) Act 1970 (NSW) s 69 Suitors' Fund Act 1951 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) ss 69, 101 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 2.1, 28.5 Cases Cited: Alex Rixon v Ahya Ud Din Arsalan (Local Court (NSW), Keogh LCM, 23 October 2018, unrep) Alexander v Rolls Royce Motor Cars Ltd [1996] RTR 95 Anthanasopoulos v Moseley (2001) 52 NSWLR 262; [2001] NSWCA 266 Azad Cassim v Dylan Nguyen (Local Court (NSW), Farnan LCM, 6 December 2018, unrep) Banco de Portugal v Waterlow & Sons Ltd [1932] AC 452; [1932] UKHL 1 Bee v Jensen (No 2) [2008] RTR 7 Beechwood Birmingham Limited v Hoyer Group UK Ltd [2011] QB 357; [2010] EWCA Civ 647 Bent v Highways and Utilities Construction Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 292 Bilal Souaid v Hanin Nahas (Local Court (NSW), Freund LCM, 25 September 2018, unrep) Brain v Yorkshire Rider Ltd [2007] Lloyd's Rep IR 564 Commissioners of Executing Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom v Owners of Steamship Susquehanna [1926] AC 655 Compania Financiera v Hamoor Tanker Corporation [1981] 1 WLR 274 Darbishire v Warran [1963] EWCA Civ 2; 1 WLR 1067 Dimond v Lovell [2002] 1 AC 384; [2000] UKHL 27 Droga v Cannon [2015] NSWSC 1910 Frucor Beverages Limited v Blumberg [2019] NZCA 547 Giles v Thompson [1994] 1 AC 142; [1993] UKHL 2 Griffiths v Kerkemeyer (1977) 139 CLR 161; [1977] HCA 45 Grincelis v House (2000) 201 CLR 321; [2000] HCA 42 HL Motorworks (Willesden) Ltd v Alwahbi [1977] RTR 276 Hoad v Scone Motors Pty Ltd (1977) 1 NSWLR 88 Kars v Kars (1996) 187 CLR 354; [1996] HCA 37 Lagden v O'Connor [2004] 1 AC 1067; [2003] UKHL 64 McBride v UK Insurance Limited; Clayton v EUI Limited [2017] EWCA Civ 144 Mersey Docks & Harbour Board v Owners of the SS Marpessa [1907] AC 241 Nguyen v Cassim [2019] NSWSC 1130 Pattni v First Leicester Buses Ltd; Bent v Highways and Utilities Construction Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1384; [2012] RTR 17 Radford v De Froberville [1977] 1 WLR 1262 Singh v Yaqubi [2013] EWCA Civ 23 Souaid v Nahas [2019] NSWSC 1132 Stevens v Equity Syndicate Management [2015] EWCA Civ 93; 4 All ER 458 The Owners of No. 1 Steam Sand, Pump Dredger v The Owners of SS "Greta Home" [1897] AC 596 The Owners of Steamship "Mediana" v The Owners, Master and Crew of Lightship "Comet" [1900] AC 113 Van Gervan v Fenton (1992) 175 CLR 327; [1992] HCA 54 Watson Norie Ltd v Shaw [1967] 1 Lloyd's Rep 515 Wong v Maroubra Automotive Refinishers Pty Ltd; Ayres v Maroubra Automotive Refinishers Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 222 Texts Cited: Andrew Burrows, Remedies for Torts, Breach of Contract, and Equitable Wrongs (4th Ed, Oxford University Press, 2019) James Edelman, McGregor on Damages (20th ed, 2018, Sweet & Maxwell Ltd) Category: Principal judgment Parties: 2019/173246 Seung Hyun Lee (Applicant) Leisa Strelnicks (First Respondent) Local Court of New South Wales (Second Respondent)