The Owners - Strata Plan No. 51077 v Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 129

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Owners - Strata Plan No. 51077 v Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 129 Hearing dates: 21 February 2014 Decision date: 27 February 2014 Before: Ball J Decision: See paragraphs 40 and 41 of this judgment. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - civil - when a court should exercise power to strike out a claim in a List Statement - when there is no reasonable cause of action - NEGLIGENCE - whether a contractor owes a non-delegable duty of care in respect of activities of a subcontractor - no duty owed where contractor engages a subcontractor to carry out a non-hazardous part of construction project Legislation Cited: Practice Note SC Eq 3 Supreme Court Equity Division - Commercial List and Technology and Construction List Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Cases Cited: Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd (1992-94) 179 CLR 520 Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Limited [2004] HCA 60; (2004) 218 CLR 592 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Mount Albert Borough Council v Johnson [1979] 2 NZLR 234 Transfield Services (Australia) Pty Ltd v Hall [2008] NSWCA 294; (2008) NSWLR 12 UCAK v Avante Developments Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 367 Woodland v Essex County Council [2013] UKSC 66; [2014] 1 All ER 482 Category: Principal judgment Parties: The Owners - Strata Plan No. 51077 (Plaintiff) Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd ACN 000 644 888 (First Defendant) Micos Aluminium Pty Ltd ACN 000 351 128 (Second Defendant) Representation: F Corsaro SC (Plaintiff) SR Donaldson SC with DA Moujalli (First Defendant) L Shipway (Second Defendant) Bannerman Lawyers (Plaintiff) Meriton Group (First Defendant) Cara Marasco & Company (Second Defendant) File Number(s): 2013/283477 Publication restriction: Nil