The Owners – Strata Plan No 30361 v Morgan [2021] NSWCATAP 50

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: The Owners – Strata Plan No 30361 v Morgan [2021] NSWCATAP 50 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 8 March 2021 Decision date: 08 March 2021 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: Dr R Dubler SC, Senior Member J Lucy, Senior Member Decision: (1) Order that a hearing is dispensed with in relation to the costs of the appeal. (2) Order that the appellant is to pay the respondent's costs of the appeal as agreed or assessed on the ordinary basis. Catchwords: COSTS – general rule that costs follow the event – appeal abandoned in light of recent New South Wales Court of Appeal authority – costs should follow the event following abandonment of appeal Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), ss 50, 60 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) Cases Cited: Allplastics Engineering Pty Ltd v Dornoch Ltd [2006] NSWCA 33 Arambewela v Castle Projects Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCATAP 14 Australiawide Airlines Ltd v Aspirion Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 365 Bitannia Pty Ltd v Parkline Constructions Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 32 Cummins v Australian Jockey Club Ltd [2009] NSWSC 254 Dimitropoulos v Capital Constructions Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCATAP 164 Foukkare v Angreb Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 335 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No 2) [2001] NSWCA 344 Newcastle Wallsend Coal Co Pty Ltd v Industrial Relations Commission of NSW [2006] NSWCA 129 Norris v Hamberger [2008] NSWSC 785 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Ralph Lauren 57 Pty Ltd v Byron Shire Council [2014] NSWCA 107 Re Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622 at 624 Scope Data Systems Pty Ltd v Agostini Jarrett Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 971 The Owners – Strata Plan No 74835 v Pullicin; The Owners – Strata Plan No 80413 v Vickery [2020] NSWCATAP 5 Thompson v Chapman [2016] NSWCATAP 6 Vickery v The Owners – Strata Plan No 80412 [2020] NSWCA 284 Texts Cited: None Category: Costs Parties: The Owners Strata Plan No 30361 (Appellant) Nina Morgan (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: E Doyle-Markwick (Appellant)