BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION - Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) ss 18B and 18E - defective work - claim for breach of statutory warranties by owner-builder - whether work performed in a proper and workmanlike manner - whether materials used in construction were suitable for the purpose for which they were used - whether dwelling reasonably fit for occupation as a dwelling - assessment of damages for breach of statutory warranties
DAMAGES - quantification of damages for misleading and deceptive conduct consisting of misrepresentations inducing the plaintiffs to purchase a defective dwelling TORTS - negligence - pure economic loss - existence of duty of care - whether owner-builder's husband owed purchasers a duty of care to avoid causing pure economic loss by ensuring work not defectively done
TORTS - negligence - pure economic loss - existence of duty of care - whether owner-builder’s husband owed purchasers a duty of care to avoid causing pure economic loss by ensuring work not defectively done
Case Details
Citation[2014] NSWSC 1070
CourtNSWSC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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