Taouk v Commissioner for Fair Trading, Department of Customer Service [2020] NSWCATAP 225

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Taouk v Commissioner for Fair Trading, Department of Customer Service [2020] NSWCATAP 225 Hearing dates: 2 October 2020 Date of orders: 30 October 2020 Decision date: 30 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: Hennessy ADCJ, Deputy President Dr Lucy, Senior Member Decision: (1) Leave is refused for Mr Taouk to appeal on grounds that are not questions of law. (2) The appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: APPEAL – where appellant has appealed on questions other than questions of law – whether leave should be given to appeal – whether, if leave is given, the Appeal Panel should admit further evidence on appeal Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) Cases Cited: Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond [1990] HCA 33; (1990) 170 CLR 321 Building Professionals Board v Hans (GD) [2008] NSWADTAP 13 CDJ v VAJ [1998] HCA 67 (22 October 1998); 197 CLR 172 Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Law Society of New South Wales v Young (No 2) (LSD) [2001] NSWADTAP 19 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Fahd Taouk (Appellant) Commissioner for Fair Trading, Department of Customer Service (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T Bagley (Respondent)

Solicitors: Appellant (Self Represented) File Number(s): AP 20/28395 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Citation: [2020] NSWCATOD 66 Date of Decision: 9 June 2020 Before: NS Isenberg RFD, Senior Member File Number(s): 2019/00037300