Warburton v County Construction (NSW) Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1281

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Warburton v County Construction (NSW) Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1281 Hearing dates: Last written submissions 8 September 2022, 21 September 2022 Date of orders: 21 September 2022 Decision date: 21 September 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity - Technology and Construction List Before: Black J Decision: Judgment for the plaintiffs in the amount of $224,727.34. Parties to serve and send to the Associate to Black J their respective submissions as to interest and costs by 4pm on 21 October 2022 and their reply submissions by 4pm on 28 October 2022. Reserve liberty to apply on 3 days' notice. Catchwords: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION — Contract — Damages — Quantification — Quantification of damages for the rectification of defects — Where there is disagreement between expert witnesses as to quantification Cases Cited: - Builders Insurers Guarantee Corporation v The Owners – Strata Plan No 57504 [2010] NSWCA 23 - Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 - Dean v Ainley [1987] 1 WLR 1729 - JLW (Vic) Pty Ltd v Tsiloglou [1994] 1 VR 237 - Lichaa v Boutros [2021] NSWCA 322 - McCrohan v Harith [2010] NSWCA 67 - New South Wales v Moss (2000) 54 NSWLR 536; [2000] NSWCA 133 - Placer (Granny Smith) Pty Ltd v Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd (2003) 77 ALJR 768 - Re Hair Industrie Penrith Pty Ltd, Hair Industrie Merrylands Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 1578 - Schindler Lifts Australia Pty Ltd v Debelak (1989) 89 ALR 275 - Troulis v Vamvoukakis [1998] NSWCA 237 - Uszok v Henley Properties (NSW) Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 31 - Warburton v County Construction (NSW) Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 941 - Yates v Mobile Marine Repairs Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1463 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mark Warburton (First Plaintiff/First Cross-Defendant) Jacqueline Warburton (Second Plaintiff/Second Cross-Defendant) County Construction (NSW) Pty Ltd (First Defendant/Cross-Claimant) Robert Daryl Hart (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: F Hicks SC (Plaintiffs/Cross-Defendants) M Klooster (Defendants/Cross-Claimant)