NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Trevallyn-Jones v Owners Strata Plan No 50358 [2009] NSWSC 694
HEARING DATE(S) : 22, 23, 24 and 26 June 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 23 July 2009
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Ward J
DECISION : Judgment for the plaintiff.
CATCHWORDS : REAL PROPERTY – strata title – management and control – body corporate: powers, duties and liabilities – duty under s 62(1) of Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 properly to maintain and keep in a state of good and serviceable repair the common property – whether duty strict – whether owners corporation breached duty – whether plaintiff caused or contributed to own loss or is estopped from asserting loss – whether plaintiff failed to mitigate loss – held that duty strict – owners corporation breached duty – plaintiff did not cause or contribute to loss and not estopped from asserting loss – plaintiff did not fail to mitigate loss.
Civil Liability Act 2002 Civil Liability Amendment (Personal Responsibility) Act 2002 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Act 2000 Limitation Act 1969 Statutory Duties (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 Strata Titles Act 1973
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
ACQ v Cook [2008] NSWCA 161 Astley v Austrust Limited (1999) 197 CLR AWA Limited v Daniels (1992) 9 ACSR 383 Booksan v Wehbe [2006] NSWCA 3 Bourke v Butterfield and Lewis Limited (1926) 38 CLR 354 Caswell v Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries Limited [1940] AC 152 Darling Island Stevedoring and Lighterage Company Limited v Long (1956) 97 CLR 36 Lewis v Denye [1940] AC 921 CASES CITED : Lubrano v Proprietors Strata Plan 4038 (1993) 6 BPR 13,308 Margiz Pty Limited v Proprietors Strata Plan No 30234 (1993) 30 NSWLR 364 Munce v Vinadex [1974] 2 NSWLR 235 Payzu Limited v Saunders [1919] 2 KB 581 Piro v W Foster & Co Ltd (1943) 68 CLR 313 Pyrenees Shire Council v Day (1998) 192 CLR 330 Ridis v Strata Plan 10308 (2005) 63 NSWLR 4 Seiwa Australia Pty Limited v Owners SP 35042 [2006] NSWSC 157 Stuart v Kirland-Veenstra (2009) 254 ALR 432 Union Shipping New Zealand Limited v Morgan (2002) 54 NSWLR 690
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