Roluke Pty Ltd v Lamaro Consultants Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2009] NSWCA 21

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: Roluke Pty Ltd v Lamaro Consultants Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2009] NSWCA 21

HEARING DATE(S): On written submissions

JUDGMENT DATE: 23 February 2009

JUDGMENT OF: Basten JA at 1; Campbell JA at 2; Sackville AJA at 3

DECISION: 1. The appeal be allowed in part. 2. The judgment in favour of the plaintiffs (appellants) entered by Nicholas J on 18 May 2007 be set aside and in lieu thereof judgment be entered in favour of the plaintiffs (appellants) in the sum of $1,257,448. 3. The respondents pay two thirds of the appellants' costs of the appeal.

CATCHWORDS: DAMAGES - reassessment following principal judgment - costs

CATEGORY: Consequential orders

Roluke Pty Ltd v Lamaro Consultants Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 349 CASES CITED: Roluke Pty Ltd v Lamaro Consultants Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 671 Roluke Pty Ltd v Lamaro Consultants Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 323

Roluke Pty Limited (First Appellant) PARTIES: Scotts Motors Artarmon Pty Limited (Second Appellant) Lamaro Consultants Pty Limited (First Respondent) Anthony Vincent Lamaro (Second Respondent)

FILE NUMBER(S): CA 40492 of 2007

COUNSEL: J L Glissan QC/J S Drummond (Appellants) D J Fagan SC/D M Loewenstein (Respondents)

SOLICITORS: Booth & Boorman (Appellants) Hunt & Hunt (Respondents)

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: Supreme Court - Equity Division

LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): SC 55020 of 2003

LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Nicholas J

LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 17 April 2007

LOWER COURT MEDIUM NEUTRAL CITATION: [2007] NSWSC 349

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40492/07