Eddy Lau Constructions Pty Ltd v Transdevelopment Enterprise Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 754

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Eddy Lau Constructions Pty Ltd v Transdevelopment Enterprise Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 754 HEARING DATE(S) : 03/08/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 August 2004

JURISDICTION: Equity Division Technology and Construction List JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J DECISION : Short minutes to be brought in

CATCHWORDS : STATUTES - interpretation - statutory provision which creates an entitlement, is expressed to apply to pre-existing cases and is introduced by "Despite section 92(2) and subsection (1)" - "despite" as modern synonym of "notwithstanding" - whether "despite" specification limits the provision to cases of kinds contemplated by the specified sections or ensures its operation in all cases including those contemplated by those sections Home Building Act 1989, ss.92, 94 LEGISLATION CITED : Home Building Amendment Act 1999 Home Building Legislation Amendment Act 2001 Attorney General of the Commonwealth v Oates (1999) 198 CLR 162 Eddy Lau Constructions Pty Ltd v Transdevelopment Enterprise Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 1136 Eddy Lau Constructions Pty Ltd v Transdevelopment Enterprise Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 273 CASES CITED : In re Bland Bros and the Council of the Borough of Inglewood (No 2) [1920] VLR 522 Piper v Corrective Services Commission of New South Wales (1986) 6 NSWLR 352 Price v J F Thompson (Qld) Pty Ltd [1990] 1 QdR 278 Sir Thomas Cecil's Case (1597) 7 Rep 18b; 77 ER 440 PARTIES : Eddy Lau Constructions Pty Limited - Plaintiff Transdevelopment Enterprise Pty Limited - Defendant FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 55035/01; 55009/02 COUNSEL : Mr G J McVay - Plaintiff Mr J B Simpkins SC - Defendant SOLICITORS : James A Moustacas & Co - Plaintiff Henry Davis York - Defendant