Wilson v Chan & Naylor Parramatta Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 213

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Wilson v Chan & Naylor Parramatta Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 213 Hearing dates: 15 July 2020 Decision date: 08 September 2020 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; Leeming JA at [2]; White JA at [34] Decision: Appeal dismissed with costs. Catchwords: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Judicial power — Whether decision of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal as to its jurisdiction was an exercise of the judicial power of the Commonwealth – Nature of the anterior jurisdiction of the Tribunal to consider its authority to decide CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Judicial power — Whether the Tribunal has power to order costs consequential on a dismissal or transfer of proceedings for want of Federal jurisdiction – Whether power to make such an order outside of the State's legislative competence to confer on the Tribunal– Whether making such an order would occasion the Tribunal impermissibly exercising the judicial power of the Commonwealth Legislation Cited: Constitution, Ch III, ss 71, 76 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), ss Pt 3A, 4, 29, 32, 60, 78 Consumer Claims Act 1998 (NSW), s 7 Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW), ss 79E, 79J, 79L Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 43 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), s 31 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), ss 39, 78A, 78B Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Cth) Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulation 1994 (Cth) Cases Cited: Attorney General for New South Wales v Gatsby (2018) 99 NSWLR 1; [2018] NSWCA 254 Attorney-General (NSW) v 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 349; 236 ALR 385 Burns v Corbett (2018) 265 CLR 304; [2018] HCA 15 Burns v Corbett; Gaynor v Burns (2017) 96 NSWLR 247; [2017] NSWCA 3 CGU Insurance Ltd v Blakely (2016) 259 CLR 339; [2016] HCA 2 Felton v Mulligan (1971) 124 CLR 367 Gaynor v Attorney General of New South Wales [2020] NSWCA 48 Gould v Brown (1998) 193 CLR 346; [1998] HCA 6 Khatri v Price (1999) 95 FCR 287; [1999] FCA 1289 LDF Enterprise Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales (2017) 95 NSWLR 70; [2017] NSWCA 89 Moorgate Tobacco Co Ltd v Philip Morris Ltd (1980) 145 CLR 457 Pezet v Pezet (1946) 47 SR (NSW) 45 Proust v Blake (1989) 17 NSWLR 267 Qantas Airways Limited v Lustig (2015) 228 FCR 148; [2015] FCA 253 R v Coldham; Ex parte Australian Workers' Union (1983) 153 CLR 415 at 429; [1983] HCA 35 Re Wakim; ex parte McNally (1999) 198 CLR 511; [1999] HCA 27 Residual Assco Group Ltd v Spalvins (2000) 202 CLR 629; [2000] HCA 33 State of New South Wales v Kable (2013) 252 CLR 118; [2013] HCA 26 Sunol v Collier (2012) 81 NSWLR 619; [2012] NSWCA 14 The Queen v Murphy (1985) 158 CLR 596; [1985] HCA 50 Wilson v Brisbane; Wilson v Chan & Naylor Parramatta Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1598 Wilson v Chan & Naylor Parramatta Pty Ltd [2016] NSWCATCD 20 Wilson v Chan & Naylor Parramatta Pty Ltd as trustee for Chan & Naylor Parramatta Trust [2016] NSWCATAP 236 Wilson v Chan & Naylor Parramatta Pty Ltd atf Chan & Naylor Parramatta Trust [2020] NSWCA 62 Wilson v Chan & Naylor; Wilson v Chan & Naylor Parramatta Pty Ltd ATF Chan & Naylor Parramatta Trust [2018] NSWCATAP 311 Yanunijarra Aboriginal Corp RNTBC v State of Western Australia [2020] FCAFC 64 Texts Cited: M J Leeming, Authority to Decide: The Law of Jurisdiction in Australia, 2nd ed, Federation Press 2020 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Stephen Wilson (Appellant) Chan & Naylor Parramatta Pty Ltd (First Respondent) Civil and Administrative Tribunal of New South Wales (NCAT) (Second Respondent) Attorney General for New South Wales (Intervener) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Appellant) J Giles SC with D F Elliott (First Respondent) M G Sexton SC with Z C F Heger (Intervener)