KL Aussie Pty Ltd v Lien Hoa Women Buddhist Mediation Centre (Chua Lien Hoa) Incorporated (No. 2) [2023] NSWSC 404

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: KL Aussie Pty Ltd v Lien Hoa Women Buddhist Mediation Centre (Chua Lien Hoa) Incorporated (No. 2) [2023] NSWSC 404 Hearing dates: 17 April 2023 Date of orders: 20 April 2023 Decision date: 20 April 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Real Property List Before: Williams J Decision: See paragraph [25] Catchwords: CONTRACTS – breach of contract – for sale of land by defendant vendor failing to give vacant possession to plaintiff purchaser on completion – plaintiff obtained possession pursuant to earlier judgment in these proceedings – plaintiff claims for damages for alleged loss of rental income, finance costs and cost of repairing physical damage to property sustained during defendants occupation ­ plaintiff held to be entitled to damages for loss of rental income and property damage – no question of principle. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 100 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 144 Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW) s 18 Cases Cited: Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64; (1991) 66 ALJR 123; (1991) 104 ALR 1; [1991] HCA 54. KL Aussie Pty Ltd v Lien Hoa Women Buddhist Meditation Centre (Chua Lien Hoa) Incorporated [2022] NSWSC 614. Placer (GrannySmith) Pty Ltd v Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd (2003) 196 ALR 257; (2003) 77 ALJR 768; (2003) 19 BCL 431; [2003] HCA 10. Strategic Communications Management Pty Ltd v Techfront Australia Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 847. Troulis v Vamvoukakis [1998] NSWCA 237. Texts Cited: J D Heydon, Heydon on Contract (Thomson Reuters, 2019). Category: Principal judgment Parties: KL Aussie Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Lien Hoa Women Buddhist Meditation Centre (Chua Lien Hoa) Incorporated (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr H W Somerville (Plaintiff) Mr Q Nguyen (solicitor) (Defendant)