The Owners – Strata Plan No 80412 v Vickery [2021] NSWCATAP 98

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: The Owners – Strata Plan No 80412 v Vickery [2021] NSWCATAP 98 Hearing dates: 19 December 2019; on the papers after 24 December 2021 Date of orders: 21 April 2021 Decision date: 21 April 2021 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: Armstrong J, President Hennessy, ADCJ and Deputy President T Simon, Principal Member Decision: 1. A further hearing is dispensed with. 2. The appeal is dismissed. 3. The Appeal Panel makes the following directions: (1) By 21 May 2021, Mr Vickery is to file and serve any submission on costs in proceedings AP 20/50619; AP 19/51514; SC 18/16266 and AP 20/14327. (2) By 4 June 2021, The Owners - Strata Plan No 80412 is to file and serve any submission on costs in proceedings AP 20/50619; AP 19/51514; SC 18/16266 and AP 20/14327. (3) By 18 June 2021, Mr Vickery is to file and serve any submissions in reply. Catchwords: STRATA TITLE – appeal from order of Tribunal awarding damages to a lot owner for breach of the statutory duty in s 106(1) of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 – duty to properly maintain and keep in a state of good and serviceable repair the common property and any personal property vested in the owners corporation STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – meaning of 2 year limitation period in s 106(5) of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW) (repealed) Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) Cases Cited: Adams v Ascot Iron Foundry Pty Ltd (1968) 72 SR (NSW) 120 Argyropoulos v Layton [2002] NSWCA 183 Australian and New Zealand Banking Group ltd v Dzienciol [2001] WASC 305 Clutha v Millar [2002] NSWSC 362 Commonwealth of Australia v Cornwell (2007) Aust Torts Reports 81-885; [2007] HCA 16 Coulton v Holcombe (1986) 162 CLR 1 Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd (2012) 250 CLR 503 Hawkins v Clayton (1986) 5 NSWLR 109 Henville v Walker (2001) 206 CLR 459; [2001] HCA 52 Kingston Earthworks Pty Ltd v Iles (1997) 6 TASR 433 Larking v Great Western (Nepean) Gravel Ltd (in Liq) [1940] HCA 37; (1940) 64 CLR 22 Maxwell v Murphy (1957) 96 CLR 261 Nicole Stanton v The Owners of Strata Plan 60724 [2010] NSWSC 175 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; (1998) 194 CLR 355 Pullar v Secretary for Education, [2007] NZCA 389 Scarcella v Lettice [2000] NSWCA 289; 51 NSWLR 302 SZTAL v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] HCA 34; (2017) 347 ALR 405 The Owners – Strata Plan No 30621 v Shum [2018] NSWCATAP 15 The Owners – Strata Plan No 80412 v Vickery [2020] NSWCATAP 5 The Owners Strata Plan 50276 v Thoo [2013] NSWCA 270 Vickery v The Owners – Strata Plan No 80412 [2020] NSWCA 284 Weldon v Neal (1887) 19 QBD 394 Texts Cited: Balkin & Davis, The Law of Torts, (5th ed, 2013, Lexis Nexis Butterworths) GE Dal Pont, Law of Limitation, (2nd ed, 2021, Lexis Nexis) Pearce and Geddes, Statutory Interpretation in Australia, (9th ed, 2019, LexisNexis Butterworths) Category: Principal judgment Parties: The Owners – Strata Plan No 80412 (Appellant) Graham John Vickery (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: DD Feller SC & MJ Dawson (Appellant) R Cheney SC & D Jenkins (Respondent)