Wonderful Ornamentation Pty Ltd v Sweet Lu (City) Pty Ltd [2024] NSWDC 312

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Wonderful Ornamentation Pty Ltd v Sweet Lu (City) Pty Ltd [2024] NSWDC 312 Hearing dates: 24 – 27 October 2023 22 November 2023 Date of orders: 26 July 2024 Decision date: 26 July 2024 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Waugh SC DCJ Decision: See paragraphs 238 to 248. Catchwords: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION – Contract – Terms – Instalments payable by effluxion of time – Work "suspended" – Repudiation – Damages – Defects and omissions Legislation Cited: Nil Cases Cited: Baltic Shipping Company v Dillon (1993) 176 CLR 344 Bellgrove v Eldridge (1954) 90 CLR 613 Cordon Investments Pty Ltd v Lesdor Properties Pty Ltd (2013) 29 BCL 329, [2012] NSWCA 184 Dominion Coal Co Ltd v Dominion Iron & Steel Co Ltd [1909] AC 293 Foran v Wight (1989) 168 CLR 385 Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118 Hoenig v Isaacs [1952] 2 All ER 176 Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd v Papadopoulos [1980] 1 WLR 1129, [1980] 2 All ER 29 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Kuhl v Zurich Financial Services (2011) 234 CLR 361 Mann v Patterson Constructions Pty Ltd (2019) 267 CLR 560 Mann v Patterson Constructions Pty Ltd (2019) 267 CLR 560, [2019] HCA 32 Mertens v Home Freeholds Company [1921] 2 KB 526 Nguyen v Luxury Design Homes Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 178, (2005) 21 BCL 46 Probuild Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v DDI Group Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 151; 95 NSWLR 82 Sunbird Plaza Pty Ltd v Maloney (1988) 166 CLR 245 Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2004) 219 CLR 165, [2004] HCA 52 Texts Cited: Carter's Breach of Contract by J W Carter (3rd ed., 2024) Chitty on Contracts (35th edition, 2023) by H Beale Category: Principal judgment Parties: Wonderful Ornamentation Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Sweet Lu (City) Pty Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms A Lim (Plaintiff) Mr A Macauley (Defendant)