Currie v SPS Energy (Sunshine Coast) Pty Ltd

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Federal Court of Australia

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

16/02/2024

LITIGATION TYPE

Corporate Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Other

REVIEW TYPE

N/A

SUMMARY

1 Ms Jennifer Currie and Mr Raymond Smith allege, in a statement of claim filed on 16 February 2024, that they are and were the owners of land, the street address of which is 4 Viola Place, Cooroy, in Queensland, together with the improvements to that property. One such improvement is said to be a residence, another a solar panel system alleged to have been installed by the respondent, SPS Energy (Sunshine Coast) Proprietary Limited, pursuant to an engagement made on or about 20 February 2014.

2 It is further alleged in the statement of claim that part of the solar panel system comprised batteries. Yet further alleged in the statement of claim is that, on or about 15 June 2021, a fire occurred at the property, which occasioned extensive damage to the improvements. That fire is alleged to have been caused by a failure of, or defect in, the batteries, or alternatively, by a poor installation of the batteries.

3 The resultant loss and damage is particularised in the statement of claim. It totals $535,968.92. Ms Currie and Mr Smith allege that the loss and damage, as particularised, was occasioned by various breaches of the Australian Consumer Law, which forms part of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth).

CASE DOCUMENTS

Currie v SPS Energy (Sunshine Coast) Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 478