C & V Engineering Services Pty Ltd v Metropolitan Demolitions Pty Ltd (No. 4) [2023] NSWDC 483

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: C & V Engineering Services Pty Ltd v Metropolitan Demolitions Pty Ltd (No. 4) [2023] NSWDC 483 Hearing dates: 7 November 2023 Date of orders: 10 November 2023 Decision date: 10 November 2023 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: Paragraphs [69] – [70] Catchwords: DAMAGES – assessment of damages for breach of contract on remitter – contractor repudiated contract by issuing direction on a date – sub-contractor affirms contract – whether losses after contractor's direction caused by repudiation – whether intervening event – whether sub-contractor failed to mitigate Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56, 100 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 20.24(1)(a) Cases Cited: Allianz v Waterbrook [2009] NSWCA 224 Bennett v Minister of Community Welfare (1992) 176 CLR 408 C&V Engineering Services Pty Ltd v Metropolitan Demolitions Pty Ltd [2022] NSWDC 154 C&V Engineering Services Pty Ltd v Metropolitan Demolitions Pty Ltd (No.3) [2022] NSWDC 421 C&V Engineering Services Pty Ltd v Metropolitan Demolitions Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 167 C&V Engineering Services Pty Ltd v Metropolitan Demolitions Pty Ltd (No.2) [2023] NSWCA 240 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232 Lexmead (Basingstoke) Ltd v Lewis [1982] AC 225 Roncevic v Repatriation Commission (2005) 222 CLR 115 Tasman Capital Pty Ltd v Sinclair (2008) 75 NSWLR 1 TC Industrial Plant Pty Ltd v Robert's Queensland Pty Ltd (1963) 180 CLR 130 Texts Cited: H L A Hart & T Honore, Causation in the Law, 2nd ed, Clarendon Press, 1985 J D Heydon, Heydon on Contracts: the General Part, Lawbook Co 2019 Category: Consequential orders Parties: C&V Engineering Services Pty Ltd (plaintiff) Metropolitan Demolitions Pty Limited (defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr D Weinberger for the plaintiff Mr M Sheldon for the defendant