Australia, July 14 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 13:
1. The plaintiffs, Adrian and Letticia Di Lullo ('the Di Lullos') engaged JG King Pty Ltd ('the Builder') to build a house on the Di Lullos' property in a town in south-western New South Wales ('the property'). The house was completed in June 2017. Subsequently, elements of the house, including the roof, the wall bracing, the walls, wet areas, cornices, floors and fixtures have suffered damage because of significant movement in the house. The movement has been attributed to the slab on which the house is built, which is a waffle slab, becoming distorted in a process referred to as 'edge heave'.
2. In these proceedings, the D...