NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Eddy Lau Constructions Pty Ltd v Transdevelopment Enterprise Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 273 HEARING DATE(S) : 08/03/04, 09/03/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 April 2004
JURISDICTION: Equity Division Technology and Construction List JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J DECISION : Short minutes to be brought in
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT - building, engineering and related contracts - residential premises - whether contract breached by builder's failure to effect insurance under Home Building Act - whether "requirement" to obtain such insurance - whether proprietor validly terminated builder's employment - whether purported termination by proprietor was repudiation as against builder - builder's statutory claim to quantum meruit - whether quantum meruit recovery "just and equitable" - relevance of terminated contract to quantum meruit claim - relevance of actual costs - relevance of defects and cost to rectify - MORTGAGES - mortgages and charges generally - bank guarantees lodged by builder as security for performance of building contract - right to recover guarantees after contract terminated LEGISLATION CITED : Home Building Act 1989 Home Building Legislation Amendment Act 2001 Cominos v Cominos (1972) 127 CLR 588 Cope v Rowlands (1836) 2 M&W 149 Ebrahimi v Westbourne Galleries Ltd [1973] AC 360 Eddy Lau Constructions Pty Ltd v Transdevelopment Enterprise Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 1136 Loch v John Blackwood Limited [1924] AC 783 Pavey & Matthews Ltd v Paul (1987) 162 CLR 221 Premier Pacific Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd v Australian Stock Exchange Ltd (1995) 17 ACSR 426 Progressive Mailing House Pty Ltd v Tabali Pty Ltd (1985) 157 CLR 17 Ray Somerville Surveys Pty Ltd v Logan City Council [1994] 1 Qd R 440 CASES CITED : Renard Constructions (ME) Pty Ltd v Minister for Public Works (1992) 26 NSWLR 234 Riverside Motors Pty Ltd v Abrahams [1945] VLR 45 Ruxley Electronics and Construction Ltd v Forsyth [1996] AC 344 Stephenson v State Bank of New South Wales (1996) 39 NSWLR 101 Sullman v Sullman [2002] NSWSC 169 Super Pty Ltd v SJP Formwork (Aust) Pty Ltd (1992) 29 NSWLR 549 Re Switzerland Insurance Australia Ltd and Capricornia Electricity Board (unreported, QSC, Demack J, 7 February 1997) Thomas v MacKay Investments Pty Ltd (1996) 22 ACSR 294 Walker v Jones (1866) LR 1 PC 50 Walter Construction Group Ltd v Walker Corporation Ltd (2001) 47 ATR 48 Eddy Lau Constructions Pty Limited - Plaintiff PARTIES : Transdevelopment Enterprise Pty Limited - Defendant
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