2024

Rogers Construction Group Pty Ltd v Mirage Interiors & Construction Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 1344, – Ka aro atu te Kōti Matua o New South Wales ki tētahi tono hei whakakore i tētahi whakataunga whakatau mō ngā āwangawanga i ara ake e pā ana ki te tika o ngā tukanga.

Ngā meka

I utua e Rogers Construction Group Pty Ltd (te Kaihanga ) a Mirage Interiors & Construction Pty Ltd ( Mirage ) ki te tuku me te tāuta i ngā pakitara, ngā tuanui, me ngā ārai i te Teihana Ahi o Busby i raro i tētahi kirimana moni kotahi ā-tuhi i whakatūria i te Hakihea 2023. Nō muri mai, i tautohe a Mirage i te 16 o Pēpuere 2024, i uru ngā rōpū ki tētahi whakaaetanga ā-waha motuhake i whakakapi i te kirimana taketake, ka whakawhiti i te whakaritenga ki te kaupapa utu-tāpiri. I whakahē te Kaihanga i te noho o tēnei kirimana ā-waha.

I tukuna e Mirage tētahi kereme utu i raro i te Ture Haumarutanga Utu o te Ahumahi Hanga me te Hanganga 1999 (NSW) (te Ture ) mō ngā mahi i mahia i raro i te kirimana ā-waha i kīia. I whakatauhia e te kaiwhakawā he tika a Mirage ki te whiwhi utu whakamua o te $108,451.13, me te whakaae kei te noho te kirimana ā-waha hei whakaaetanga motuhake mai i te kirimana tuhituhi taketake.

Te whakatau

I tono te Kaihanga kia arotakehia e te ture te whakataunga whakawa, me te kī he whakakorekore i te tika o ngā tukanga. Ina koa, i tautohe te Kaihanga ko te whakataunga a te kaiwhakawa i ahu mai i ngā take kāore i whakatakotoria e tētahi o ngā rōpū, ā, kāore i taea e rātou te whakaaro tika mō ēnei take. Ko ngā tautohe matua ko te tuatahi, i kitea e te kaiwhakawa he taupatupatu i waenga i te kirimana tuhituhi taketake me te kirimana ā-waha i muri mai; ā, tuarua, i whakaarohia e te kaiwhakawa te kirimana ā-waha he rerekētanga ki te whakaaetanga taketake.

I tautohe te Builder kāore i tukuna ki a rātou te whai wāhi ki te aro atu ki ēnei kōrero, ā, he koretake tēnei i roto i ngā tukanga whakawa.

I tirotirohia e te Kōti Matua mēnā i whakakahoretia e te kaiwhakawā te tika o te tukanga a te Kaihanga. I kite te Kōti i raro i te Ture, me tuku e te kaiwhakawā te tika o te tukanga ki ngā rōpū. Heoi, nā te hanganga o te Ture me te hiahia ki te whakarato i tētahi tukanga "mātātoa, rite tonu", kua whakaitihia ngā whakaritenga mō te tika o te tukanga. I whakatau te Kōti ka whakakorea te whakataunga mēnā he

• he rerekētanga nui mai i ngā whakaritenga o te tika o ngā tukanga mō te tangata e whakamahi ana i te mana ture, ā, e taea ai te kī ko te rerekētanga ka arahi ki te hē nui i roto i ngā āhuatanga katoa.

I tēnei take, i kitea e te Kōti i mōhio te Kaihanga ki te taupatupatu pea i waenga i ngā kirimana, ā, i matapaetia e ia te tautohe ka taea te whakaaro ko te kirimana ā-waha he rerekētanga. I tuku kōrero te Kaihanga mō ēnei take i te wā o te tukanga whakatau. Nō reira, i whakatau te Kōti kāore he whakakorenga o te tika o ngā tukanga, nā te mea i whai wāhi te Kaihanga ki te kōrero i ngā take e pā ana. I whakakorehia te tono ki te whakakore i te whakataunga whakatau.

Whakamutunga

E whakaū ana tēnei whakataunga i te mātāpono e mea ana kāore ngā kōti e huri i te whakataunga a te kaiwhakawā i runga i te tika o ngā tukanga i raro i te Ture. E whakaatu ana i te hiranga o te whakaatu whānui a ngā rōpū i ā rātou take i te wā o te whakawakanga, me te matapae i ngā whakamāramatanga me ngā tautohetohe pea.

Kua whakakorehia e te Kōti Matua te tono ture mō te take whare hapa

I roto i te keehi Your Builder Limited v Ruban , i uru ngā rangatira o tētahi whenua ki tētahi kirimana me Your Builder Ltd ( Your Builder ) i te 24 o Hūrae 2022 hei whakahou me te whakawhānui i tō rātou whare. I utua e rātou te moni tāpui $124,478.66 i te 9 o Pēpuere 2023. Kia tere whakamua ki Hepetema—i whai ngā rangatira ki te whakakore i te kirimana me te whakahoki mai i te moni tāpui i runga i te whakaaro he nui ngā hapa i roto i te mahi a Your Builder.

I tautohetia e tō Kaihanga te mana o ngā rangatira ki te moni tāpui. I tautohetia me whakamahi te moni ki ngā nama kāore anō kia utua, te huamoni kirimana, te hua kua ngaro, me ngā utu ture. I whai anō hoki tō Kaihanga ki te whakakore i te kirimana i runga i te whakahē a ngā rangatira i te whakaaetanga i te wā i utua ai e rātou tētahi atu kaihanga ki te mahi i ngā mahi whakatikatika.

I muri mai ka tukuna e ngā rangatira he tono ture, ā, ka tukuna he kereme ki a Your Builders kia whakawakia i raro i te Construction Contracts Act 2002. Ko te take mō te Kōti Matua (te Kōti ) ko te mea i puta he tautohe pono, he tautohe nui hoki mō te noho o te nama.

I kitea e te Kōti, i raro i ngā tikanga o te kirimana, i whai mana tō Kaihanga ki te whakamahi i te moni tāpui hei utu mō te nama whakamutunga, ā, mā te kīanga, ko ngā moni e toe ana kāore anō kia tautohetia. Nā te mea kāore ngā rangatira i tautohe i ngā nama, i kitea e te Kōti o te moni tāpui $124,478.66, $47,940.31 me ngā utu ture kāore i namahia hei nama.

Mō te moni tāpui e toe ana, i kitea e te Kōti kua tutuki i tō Kaihanga te paepae o te whakaatu i tētahi tautohe pono me te whai take. Nā te mea he tautohe pono mō (1) te āhua me te whānuitanga o ngā hapa, (2) mēnā i tukuna he whai wāhitanga tika ki tō Kaihanga ki te whakatika i ngā hapa, me (3) mēnā i taea e tō Kaihanga te whakatika i ngā take i roto i te wā e hiahiatia ana. Nō reira, i whakakorea e te Kōti Matua te tono ture ki tahaki, ā, i whakahaua kia utua e ngā rangatira ngā utu.