Dunbrae Pty Ltd v Armani Restaurant Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2023] NSWDC 25

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Dunbrae Pty Ltd v Armani Restaurant Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2023] NSWDC 25 Hearing dates: 5 July 2022 6 July 2022 7 July 2022 28 July 2022 29 July 2022 5 August 2022 (written submissions) 12 August 2022 (written submissions) 2 December 2022 5 December 2022 (written submissions) Date of orders: 7 February 2023 Decision date: 07 February 2023 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Montgomery DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the defendant/cross-claimant against the plaintiff/cross-defendant in the balance sum of $2,097.20. (2) Costs reserved (as requested by the parties). Catchwords: Contract – construction – parole evidence rule – "greater effect" of handwritten amendments - claims under warranty – need for expert evidence ACL – acceptable quality – damages ACL – misrepresentation - damages Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 90(2) Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Sch 2 - Australian Consumer Law ss 18, 54, 236, 243 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 136 Sale of Goods Act 1923 (NSW) s 19 Cases Cited: Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1982) 149 CLR 337; [1982] HCA 24 Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64; [1991] HCA 54 Coshott Family Pty Ltd v Lyons [2022] NSWCA 216 CV Engineering Pty Ltd v Hamilton and Marino Builders Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 103 Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) 251 CLR 640; [2014] HCA 7 Fitzgerald v Masters (1956) 95 CLR 420; [1956] HCA 53 Ho v Akai Pty Ltd (in liq) [2006] FCAFC 159 Honeysett v R (2014) 253 CLR 122; [2014] HCA 29 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298; [1959] HCA 8 Kodak (Australasia) Pty Ltd v Retail Traders Mutual Indemnity Insurance Association (1942) 42 SR (NSW) 231; (1942) 59 WN (NSW) 197 Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 104; [2015] HCA 37 Pittmore Pty Ltd v Chan; Chan v Tan [2020] NSWCA 344 Robertson v French (1803) 4 East 130 at 136; 102 ER 779 Tagget v McLean Austquip Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1310 Vautin v BY Winddown, Inc (formally Bertram Yachts) (No. 4) [2018] FCA 426 Wallaby Grip Limited v QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited & another (2010) 240 CLR 444; [2010] HCA 9 Ye v Chen [2022] NSWCA 219 Yebdoo v Holmewood [2021] NSWCA 110 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Dunbrae Pty Limited, Plaintiff/Cross Defendant Armani Restaurant Pty Ltd, Defendant/Cross Claimant Representation: Counsel: Mr Kaufmann, Counsel for the Plaintiff/Cross Defendant Mr Oakes, Counsel for the Defendant/Cross Claimant