SAS v Scott Carver [2003] NSWSC 1097

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : SAS v Scott Carver [2003] NSWSC 1097 revised - 4/12/2003 HEARING DATE(S) : 29, 30 September 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 November 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Master Macready at 1 DECISION : Paragraph 87

CATCHWORDS : Building Contracts. Measure of damages for breach where building sold before rectification carried out. Whether there was substantial performance. Defendants liable notwithstanding that defects were not intended to be rectified. - Contracts. Construction of clauses restricting liability for claims. - Damages. Causation, forseeability of negligence by others in rectifying faulty workmanwork. Super Pty Limited v SJP Formwork Pty Limited (1992) 29 NSWLR 549 Homebush Abattoir Corporation v Bermria Pty Limited (1991) 22 NSWLR 605; Chloride Batteries of Australia Pty Limited v Glendale Chemical Products Pty Limited (1988) 17 NSWLR 60 Xureb v Viola (1989) 18 NSWLR 453 WC Gray (Constructions) Pty Limited v Hogan (unreported) [2000] NSWSC 26 Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth): see FAI General Insurance Co Ltd v Australian Hospital Care Pty Ltd (2001) 204 CLR 641 Thomas National Transport (Melbourne) Pty Limited v May and Baker (Australia) Pty Limited (1966) 115 CLR 376 Halford v Price (1960) 105 CLR 23, Herron v McMahon (1984) 2 ANZ Ins Cas 60-568 Tolcher v Loiterton & Ors (2002) NSW SC 373 Modern Engineering (Bristol) Ltd v Gilbert-Ash (Northern) Ltd [1974] AC 689 at pp717-718 Pearson-Limited v John P Baxter and Mrs A S Baxter (1999) BLR 101 Williams v R (1978) 140 CLR 591 CASES CITED : Medlin v State Government Insurance Commission (1995) 182 CLR 1 Latham v Johnson [1913] 1 KB 398 Griffin v State of New South Wales [2002] NSWSC 1273 Norton Australia Pty Limited v Streets Ice Cream Pty Ltd (1916) 120 CLR 635 Dorset Yacht Company v The Home Office (1970) AC 1004 Bellgrove v Eldridge (1954) 90 CLR 613 Director of War Service Homes v Harris (1968) Qd R 275 De Cesare v Deluxe Motors Pty Ltd (1996) 67 SASR 28 Ruxley Electronics & Construction Limited v Forsythe [1996] AC 344 Commonwealth v Aman Aviation Pty Limited (1991) 174 CLR 64 Evans v Balog (1976) 1 NSWLR 36 at 39 Parramatta City Council v Lutz (1988) 12 NSW LR 293 PARTIES : SAS Trustee Corporation v Scott Carver Pty Limited & Ors FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 55052 of 1998 F Corsaro SC & RM McKeand for plaintiff COUNSEL : SR Donaldson SC for 1st defendant SA Kerr & GB Beveridge for 4th defendant M.R. Gracie for 5th defendant Clayton Utz for plaintiff SOLICITORS : Ebsworth & Ebsworth for 1st defendant Henry Davis York for 4th defendant Whitfields Solicitors for 5th defendant