Huang v The Owners of Strata Plan No 7632 [2021] NSWCA 194

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Huang v The Owners of Strata Plan No 7632 [2021] NSWCA 194 Hearing dates: 22 July 2021 Date of orders: 3 September 2021 Decision date: 03 September 2021 Before: Basten JA at [1]; White JA at [33]; Emmett AJA at [52] Decision: Leave to appeal refused with costs. Catchwords: APPEALS — from exercise of discretion — procedural decisions — refusal to extend time for filing summons — reasons for delay — significance of first instance decision decided on basis of authority later overturned on appeal — interest rei publicae ut sit finis litium COSTS — costs assessment — determination — review/appeal — jurisdiction to appeal from certificates in proceedings commenced prior to 1 July 2015 Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), ss 384, 385 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW), Pt 7 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015 (NSW), cl 59 Local Court Act 2007 (NSW), ss 39, 40 Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW), Ch 5, ss 62, 65 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), ss 69, 101 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), Pt 50, rr 50.3, 50.12, 50.13 Cases Cited: Brookfield Multiplex Ltd v Owners Corporation Strata Plan 61288 (2014) 254 CLR 185; [2014] HCA 36 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Jackson v McDonald's Australia Ltd [2014] NSWCA 162 Jingalong Pty Ltd v Todd [2014] NSWCA 330 McElwaine v The Owners - Strata Plan 75975 [2017] NSWCA 239 McElwaine v The Owners – Strata Plan No 75975 [2016] NSWSC 1589 Piening v Wanless (1968) 117 CLR 498; [1968] HCA 7 R v Gregory [2002] NSWCCA 199 R v Unger [1977] 2 NSWLR 990 Wanless v Piening (1967) 68 SR 249 (NSW) Wende v Howarth (2014) 86 NSWLR 674; [2014] NSWCA 170 Wyong Shire Council v Shirt (1980) 146 CLR 40; [1980] HCA 12 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Costs Parties: Yu Huang (First Applicant) Cui'e Zhao (Second Applicant) The Owners of Strata Plan No 7632 (First Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Yu Huang (Applicant in person) C Purdy (Respondents)