Australia, June 24 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 23:
1. Casumo Constructions Pty Ltd is a licensed builder of residential works. In these proceedings, the Owners Corporation of Strata Plan 88695 alleges that Casumo breached its duties under the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (NSW) and the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) by, inter alia, installing defective aluminium composite panels (ACPs) in three residential apartment buildings in Mascot, New South Wales.
2. Casumo's fifth cross-claim list statement alleges that a German company, 3A Composites GmbH, who supplied the ACPs to Casumo through a distributor, breached the guarantee as to acceptable quality contained in s 5...