DC & VJ McIsaac Building Pty Limited v Trevor J Callaway Pty Limited [2021] NSWLC 10

Local Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: DC & VJ McIsaac Building Pty Limited v Trevor J Callaway Pty Limited [2021] NSWLC 10 Hearing dates: 30 September 2019, 29-30 March 2021 and 28 July 2021 Decision date: 01 September 2021 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: O'Brien LCM Decision: Verdict for the plaintiff Catchwords: Contract for sale of goods and services – work done – contributory negligence – breach of duty of care in defence to a claim in contract - apportionment of liability – cybercrime – fault – public policy or interest Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) ss 5B, 5C Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Banque Commerciale SA, En Liquidation v Akhil Holdings Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 279; [1990] HCA 11 St. Lawrence Testing & Inspection Co. Ltd. v Lanark Leeds Distribution Ltd & Anor 2019 CanLII 69697 (ON SCSM) Fowler v Midland Electric Corporation [1917] 1 Ch 656 Altamara Ltd v Camp (1980) 5 ACLR 513 Astley v Austrust Ltd (1999) 197 CLR 1; [1999] HCA 6 Woolworths Ltd v McQuillan [2017] NSWCA 202 Ashby v Slipper (2014) 219 FCR 322; [2014] FCAFC Precision Plastics Pty Limited v Demir (1975) 132 CLR 362 Ho v Powell 51 NSWLR 572; [2001] NSWCA 168 Blatch v Archer (1774) 1 Cowp. 63 Du v Jameson Bank 2017 ONSC 2422 Cattanach v Melchior (2003) 215 CLR 1; [2003] HCA 38 Egerton v Brownlow (1853) 4 HL Cas 1; 10 ER 359 Jamestown v Pillbury Co 801 F 2d 1036 (8th Cir.1986) Fitzgerald v Penn (1954) 91 CLR 268 Alford v McGee (1952) 85 CLR 437; [1952] HCA 3 Harper v Ashton's Circus Pty Ltd [1972] NSWLR 395 Texts Cited: Villa Dominic, Annotated Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) (2nd ed, 2013, Thomson Reuters) J.L.R. Davis (ed), Contract: General Principles – The Laws of Australia (2nd ed, 2012, Thomson Reuters) Category: Principal judgment Parties: DC & VJ McIsaac Building Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Trevor J Callaway Pty Limited (Defendant) Representation: Mr Trebeck of counsel instructed by Garden & Montgomery (Plaintiff) Mr McKeown of counsel instructed by Colquhoun & Colquhoun Lawyers (Defendant) File Number(s): 2017/00353014 Publication restriction: Nil