W.R. Building & Maintenance Pty Ltd v Jones [2016] NSWLC 13

Local Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: W.R. Building & Maintenance Pty Ltd v Jones [2016] NSWLC 13 Hearing dates: 16 March 2016 Decision date: 13 July 2016 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Pierce LCM Decision: Judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $31,659.45 Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEEDINGS – motor vehicle accident claim – hire of replacement vehicle – assessment of damages – identification of market rate – need of plaintiff – duty to mitigate loss Cases Cited: Anthanasopoulos v Moseley [2001] NSWCA 266 Bee v Jenson [2006] EWHC 3359 (Comm) Bellgrove v Eldridge (1954) 90 CLR 613 Bent v Highways and Utilities Construction Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 292 Burdis v Livesy [2003] QB 36 Chong v Berry [2007] NSWLC 33 Dimond v Lovell [2000] 1 QB 216 Hyder Consulting (Australia) Pty Ltd v Wilh Wilhelmsen Agency Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 313 Liesbosch Dredger (Owners of) v Owners of SS Edison (The Liesbosch) [1933] AC 449 Lodge Holes Colliery Co Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1908] AC 323 Moraghan v Riley [2015] NSWLC 27 Radford v de Froberville [1977] 1 WLR 1262 Rizk v Chen and National Apollo Bathrooms Pty Ltd [2014] NSWLC 8 Ross v State Transit Authority of NSW & Higgins [2015] NSWLC 11 Singh v Yaqubi [2013] EWCA Civ 23 Stocovaz v Fung [2007] NSWCA 199 Category: Principal judgment Parties: W.R. Building & Maintenance Pty Ltd (plaintiff) Matthew Owen Lloyd Jones (first defendant) Milos Mulic (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr J Gruzman (for the plaintiff) Mr R Perla (for the defendants) File Number(s): 2015/102853