The Owners – Strata Plan 99960 v SPS Building Contractors Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 687

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Owners – Strata Plan 99960 v SPS Building Contractors Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 687 Hearing dates: 6-10, 13-14, 21 May 2024 Date of orders: 7 June 2024 Decision date: 07 June 2024 Jurisdiction: Equity - Technology and Construction List Before: Nixon J Decision: See [275] Catchwords: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION – Home Building Act 1989 – residential building work – statutory warranties – defendant constructed development of 45 townhouses – extent of defects – whether damage to lot property or common property – scope of rectification works Legislation Cited: Home Building Act 1989 (NSW), ss 18B, 18D, 18E Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 (NSW), ss 4, 6, 9 Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW), s 122 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 28.2 Cases Cited: Kirkby v Coote [2006] QCA 61 Owners SP 92450 v JKN Para 1 Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 114 Robinson v Harman (1884) 1 Exch 850 Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Bowen Investments Pty Ltd (2009) 236 CLR 272; [2009] HCA 8 The Owners – Strata Plan No 62930 v Kell & Rigby Holdings Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 612 The Owners – Strata Plan No 66375 v Suncorp Metway Insurance Ltd (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 739 The Owners – Strata Plan No 87265 v Alexandrova [2021] NSWSC 150 The Owners – Strata Plan No 87265 v Saaib The Owners SP 35042 v Seiwa Australia Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 272 Category: Principal judgment Parties: The Owners – Strata Plan 99960 (Plaintiff) SPS Building Contractors Pty Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Young with A Lim (Plaintiff) S Docker SC with C Langford (Defendant)