Precision Flooring Pty Ltd v Armstrong [2021] NSWSC 844

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Precision Flooring Pty Ltd v Armstrong [2021] NSWSC 844 Hearing dates: 2 July 2020 Date of orders: 13 July 2021 Decision date: 13 July 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Walton J Decision: The plaintiff shall bring in short minutes of order reflecting this judgment within 7 days of the publication of this judgment. Those short minutes of order should include draft orders for the resolution of any issue as to costs, to the extent there remains dispute in that respect. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – appeal – questions of law – whether ground properly involved no evidence point – intermediate findings – ultimate findings – whether some probative evidence – adequacy of reasons – procedure fairness – appeal upheld – judgment below set aside – remitter Legislation Cited: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Amaba Pty Ltd v Booth [2010] NSWCA 344 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321; [1990] HCA 33 B & L Linings Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue (2008) 74 NSWLR 481; [2008] NSWCA 187 Beale v Government Insurance Office of NSW (1997) 48 NSWLR 430 Brennan v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation (2011) 83 NSWLR 23; [2011] NSWCA 298 Bruce v Cole (1998) 45 NSWLR 163; [1998] NSWCA 45 Capital Carpets Pty Ltd v Schwartz Family Co Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 1753 D'Amore v Independent Commission Against Corruption (2013) 303 ALR 242; [2013] NSWCA 187 Kostas v HIA Insurance Services Pty Ltd (2010) 241 CLR 390; [2010] HCA 32 Precision Flooring Pty Ltd v Armstrong (Unrep, Local Court of New South Wales, Baptie LCM, 25 October 2019) Whitehaven Coal Mining Ltd v Pain [2018] NSWCA 229 Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer v Hill [2020] NSWCA 54 Texts Cited: Aronson, Mark, Matthew Groves and Greg Weeks, Judicial Review of Administrative Action and Government Liability (2016, 6th ed, Thomson Reuters) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Precision Flooring Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Sandra Armstrong (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D Feller SC (Plaintiff) E Peden SC with Mr T Bateman (Defendant)