NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Young & Anor v The Owners - Strata Plan No. 3529 & Ors [2002] NSWSC 1077 CURRENT JURISDICTION: EQUITY DIVISION FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2454/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 26/09/02, 27/09/02 and 06/11/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 November 2002
Bruce Donald Young - First Plaintiff PARTIES : Nateli Solenko - Second Plaintiff The Owners - Strata Plan No. 3529 - First Defendant
JUDGMENT OF : Acting Master Berecry at 1
COUNSEL : Mr M B Evans - Plaintiffs Mr M.D. Young - First Defendant John McEncroe & Company - Plaintiffs David Le Page - First Defendant
SOLICITORS :
CATCHWORDS : Misleading and deceptive conduct - Fair Trading Act - valuations - failure to inspect - weight of evidence - damages - scope of damages - not construed narrowly - requires causal link between contravening act and loss - reasonableness of plaintiffs' conduct - onus on plaintiffs to prove damages. LEGISLATION CITED : Fair Trading Act Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Gates v Mutual Life Assurance Society (1986) 160 CLR 1 Kizbeau Pty Limited v W G & B Pty Limited (1995) 184 CLR 281 CASES CITED : Marks v GIO Holdings Limited (1998) 196 CLR 496 Walker v Henville (2001) 75 ALJR 1410 Enzed Holdings Limited v Wynthea Pty Limited (1984) 57 ALR 167 DECISION : I certify that the damages the plaintiffs are entitled to recover pursuant to s 68 of the Fair Trading Act from the defendants in an amount of $7,614.50.; I make no order in respect of costs.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION
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