McCallum Developments v The Owners Corporation SP53908 [2002] NSWSC 1103

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : McCallum Developments v The Owners Corporation SP53908 [2002] NSWSC 1103 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division Administrative Law List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 30008/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 9 & 10 October 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 November 2002

McCallum Developments Pty Limited (Plaintiff) PARTIES : The Owners Corporation SP53908 (1st Defendant) Fair Trading Administration Corporation (2nd Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J

A.J.J. Thompson (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : J. Loofs (1st Defendant) G.A. Sirtes (2nd Defendant) Conditsis & Associates (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Le Page Cochrane (1st Defendant) D.A. Catt (2nd Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Administrative law - summons seeking declarations - construction of residential home units - alleged defects in building work - claim by body corporate under insurance scheme - requirements imposed by scheme in considering claim - whether compliance with those requirements - if not, whether declarations should be made - consideration of utility. Building Services Corporation Act LEGISLATION CITED : Home Building Act Building Service Corporation Legislation Amendment Act Builders Licensing Act Hale v Parramatta City Council (1981-82) 47 LGRA 269 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Limited (1985-86) 162 CLR 24 P. & V. Sammut Homes Pty Limited v Building Services Corporation (unreported, Newman J, 24 April 1997) Builders' Licensing Board v Inglis & Anor (1985) 1 NSWLR 592 CASES CITED : Australian Conservation Foundation Inc. v The Commonwealth (1980) 164 CLR 493 Day v Pinglen Pty Limited (1981) 148 CLR 289 Onus v Alcoa of Australia Limited (1981) 149 CLR 27 Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund Pty Limited v Batemans Bay Local Aboriginal Land Council (1997) 41 NSWLR 494 Fair Trading Administrative Corporation v The Owners Corporation Strata Plan 43551 [2002] NSWSC 624 DECISION : See paras 64 and 65.