BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION – Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) – enforcement of Part 2C statutory warranties against owner-builder – where owner undertook residential building work without an owner-builder permit – whether owner was “owner-builder” STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – definition of “owner-builder” in Home Building Act – where on literal reading definition extends only to those who had an owner-builder permit – whether definition should be extended to those required to obtain an owner-builder permit but did not – purposive construction – whether legal meaning of definition’s actual words differs from literal meaning – whether permissible to read definition as if it contained additional words – principles for reading additional words into statute
McIntosh v Lennon [2024] NSWSC 169 (29 February 2024)
