Petropoulos v CPD Holdings Pty Ltd t/as The Bathroom Exchange [2019] NSWSC 897

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Petropoulos v CPD Holdings Pty Ltd t/as The Bathroom Exchange [2019] NSWSC 897 Hearing dates: 22 March 2019 Date of orders: 16 July 2019 Decision date: 16 July 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law - Administrative Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: The Court orders that:

(1) The plaintiff is granted an extension of time to file an appeal to 12 November 2018. (2) Leave to appeal is refused. (3) Leave to cross appeal is refused. (4) Each party is to pay for her/their own costs. Catchwords: APPEALS – Judicial review – Application for leave to appeal and cross appeal from a decision of the Appeal Panel of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal – Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), s 83 – Appeal on a question of law – Contract for a bathroom renovation – Whether an oral variation is effective despite a clause requiring variations to be in writing – Whether the plaintiff waived her right to insist upon the contractual specifications – Whether the builder breached statutory warranties under the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) s 18B – Whether rectification is an unreasonable remedy where the plaintiff had agreed to the variations Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), ss 83, 84 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 58, 60 Home Building Act 1989 (NSW), ss 7, 10, 18B, 18E, 48K, 48MA, 48O Cases Cited: Amaca Pty Ltd v Dougan [2011] NSWCA 169 Angas Securities Ltd v Small Business Consortium Lloyds Consortium No. 9056 [2016] NSWCA 182 Autodesk Inc v Dayson (No 2) (1993) 176 CLR 300 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 Bacon v Purcell (1916) 22 CLR 307 Batterham v Maekig [2010] NSWCA 86 Be Financial Pty Ltd as Trustee for Be Financial Operations Trust v Das [2012] NSWCA 164 Borcherdt v Scott [2014] NSWCA 339 Boreland v Docker [2007] NSWCA 94 Campbell v Backoffice Investments Pty Ltd (2009) 238 CLR 304 Cherry v Steele-Park [2017] NSWCA 295; 351 ALR 521 Craine v Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company Ltd (1920) 28 CLR 305 Embrey v Earp (1890) 6 WN (NSW) 130 Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd v Armstrong Strategic Marketing Pty Ltd (2013) 250 CLR 303 Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd (2007) 230 CLR 89 Friend v Brooker (2009) 239 CLR 129 Gallo v Dawson (1990) 93 ALR 479; [1990] HCA 30 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 International Finance Trust Company Ltd v New South Wales Crime Commission (2009) 240 CLR 319 Lahoud v Lahoud [2009] NSWSC 623 Lee v New South Wales Crime Commission (2012) 224 A Crim R 94; [2012] NSWCA 262 Perri v Coolangatta Investments (1982) 149 CLR 537 Petropoulos v CPD Holdings Pty Ltd t/as The Bathroom Exchange [2018] NSWCATAP 72 Petropoulos v CPD Holdings Pty Ltd t/as The Bathroom Exchange (No 2) (2018) NSWCATAP 233 Robinson v Harman (1848) 1 Exch 850 Satellite Estate Party Ltd v Jacquet [1968] 2 NSWLR 340 Segal v Waverley Council (2005) 64 NSWLR 177 Seltsam Pty Ltd v Ghaleb [2005] NSWCA 208 SMK Cabinets v Hili Modern Electronics Pty Ltd [1984] CR 391 Solar Tube Australia Pty Ltd v Solar Bridge International Pty Ltd [2017] FCCA 657 State of New South Wales v Stevens [2012] NSWCA 415 Steak Plains Olive Farm Pty Ltd v Australian Executor Trustees Limited [2015] NSWSC 289 Swain v Waverley Municipal Council [2005] HCA 4; (2005) 220 CLR 517 Tabcorp Holdings Ptd Ltd v Bowen Investments Pty Ltd [2009] HCA 8 Wright v Foresight Constructions Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 327 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Thea Petropoulos (Plaintiff/Cross Defendant) CPD Holdings Pty Ltd t/as The Bathroom Exchange (First Defendant/First Cross Claimant) James Morphett (Second Defendant/Second Cross Claimant) Representation: Counsel: M McMahon (Plaintiff/Cross Defendant) M F Newton (First & Second Defendants/First & Second Cross Claimants)