Casey v Retford [2025] NSWDC 1

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Casey v Retford [2025] NSWDC 1 Hearing dates: 26 – 27 June 2024, 9 August 2024 Date of orders: 04 February 2025 Decision date: 04 February 2025 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Cole DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the plaintiffs in the sum of $117,566.20. (2) Judgment for the defendant on the cross-claim in the sum of $814. Catchwords: BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION — Contract — Damages — Defects – Incomplete work - Restitution Legislation Cited: District Court Act 1973 Home Building Act 1989 Home Building Regulation 2014 Cases Cited: ANZ Banking Group Limited v Westpac Banking Corporation (1988) 164 CLR 662 Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Ltd v Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd (No 9) [2016] NSWSC 1005 Donau Pty Ltd v ASC AWD Shipbuilder Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 185 Mann v Paterson Constructions Pty Ltd [2019] HCA 32 Matthew Lumbers and Anor v W Cook Builders Pty Ltd [2008] HCA 27 McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd (1933) 48 CLR 457 Paraiso v CBS Build Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 190 Realestate.com.au Pty Ltd v Hardingham and Others; RP Data Pty Ltd v Hardingham and Others [2022] HCA 39 Sargent v ASL Developments Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 634 Westpoint Management Ltd v Chocolate Factory Apartments Ltd [2007] NSWCA 253 Wright v Foresight Constructions Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 32 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Craig Casey (First Plaintiff) Katy Casey (Second Plaintiff) Hayden Retford trading as Skope Construction (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Klooster (Plaintiffs) D Neggo (Defendant) Solicitors: KLH & Associates (Plaintiffs) PBL Law Group (Defendant) File Number(s): 2023/00221664 Publication restriction: Nil