STUART v FETENI & ORS; COOGEE SANDS APARTMENTS v STUART & ANOR [2004] NSWSC 237

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : STUART v FETENI & ORS; COOGEE SANDS APARTMENTS v STUART & ANOR [2004] NSWSC 237 revised - 8/04/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 23/2/04, 24/2/04, 25/2/04, 26/2/04, 27/2/04, 1/3/04, 2/3/04, 3/3/04, 5/3/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 April 2004

JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J at 1 DECISION : See para [341] of judgment

CATCHWORDS : BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION - contract - amended standard form Building Works Contract - whether entitled to extensions of time - determination of date for extended practical completion - whether entitled to liquidated damages - whether liquidated damages clause a penalty - whether unconditional guarantee of completion date given - whether any such guarantee relied upon - whether negligent certification that the design of works complied with relevant requirements - whether certification relied upon in deciding whether to enter into the contract - misrepresentation LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) AMEV-UDC Finance Ltd v Austin (1986) 162 CLR 170 CASES CITED : Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd v Plessnig (1989) 166 CLR 131 Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd v Abgarus Pty Ltd (1992) 33 NSWLR 504 Turner Corporation Pty Ltd (Receiver & Manager Appointed) v Austotel Pty Ltd (1994) 13 BCL 378 In proceedings 55021/01: Stuart Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Feteni Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Robin Edmiston & Associates Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) PARTIES : Tatton Park Pty Ltd (Third Defendant)

In proceedings No. 55010/02: Coogee Sands Apartments Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Stuart Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Alexander Stuart (Second Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 55021/01; 55010/02 F C Corsaro SC/M J Dawson (Stuart) J B Simpkins SC/N J Kidd (Feteni & Coogee Sands) COUNSEL : G A Sirtes (Edmiston & Associates) I G B Roberts (Tatton Park) R A Cavanagh (Architects Haywood + Bakker - first cross-defendant in matter 55021/01) PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal (Stuart) Snelgrove & Partners (Feteni & Coogee Sands) SOLICITORS : Henry Davis York (Edmiston & Associates) Phillips Fox (Tatton Park) James Tuite & Assoc (Architects Haywood + Bakker)