The Court assessed damages of $166,920.48 (plus $35,900 pre-judgment interest) for breach of subcontracting agreements involving defective roofing work across 14 properties, disallowing claims at two properties where the evidence could not link rectification works to the defendant's defects, and reducing claims where internal supervision costs were not causally related to the breach or where expert evidence lacked foundational basis for material costs. A gross sum costs order of $45,000 was made (approximately 30% discount from assessed solicitor-client costs of $66,528.97), on the basis that the defendant was non-participating, likely impecunious, and a formal assessment would disproportionately burden the plaintiff.
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