McDougall v JSA Consulting Engineers Pty Ltd

[2025] TASSC 41

Supreme Court of Tasmania

Built by Barristers,
For Australian Law.

1. Aust Dig Torts [1207]
1. Damages
2. › Assessment of damages in tort
3. › Property loss
4. › Heads of loss
5. › Economic loss generally
6. › Renovations of residence including addition of second floor level
7. › Original footings inadequate to carry additional load
8. › Resultant subsidence and cracking
9. › Internal defects to the structure
10. › Loss suffered is accordingly pure economic loss
11. › Damages to be reduced by amount plaintiff would have spent on underpinning had the problem been identified at the time of the renovations.
1. Woolcock Street Investments Pty Ltd v CDG Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 16, 216 CLR 515 followed.
1. Auburn Municipal Council v ARC Engineering Pty Ltd [1973] 1 NSWLR 513, Bevan Investments Limited v Blackhall and Struthers (No 2) [1978] 2 NZLR 97, De Pasquale Bros Pty Ltd v Cavanagh Biggs & Partners Pty Ltd [1999] QSC 171, [2000] 2 Qd R 461; applied.