The case provides a detailed 15-point consolidation of the principles governing adoption or rejection of referee's reports under SCR Pt 72 r 13. It confirms that where a plaintiff has no intention of carrying out rectification of defective building works and all apartments have been sold without evidence of diminution in value, the cost of rectification is not a reasonable measure of damages under Bellgrove v Eldridge, and the plaintiff must prove diminution in value to recover. It also confirms that extrinsic evidence remains inadmissible to construe a building contract absent ambiguity, following Codelfa and Royal Botanic Gardens Trust.
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