Leahy v Watermin Drillers Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCATAP 281

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Leahy v Watermin Drillers Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCATAP 281 Hearing dates: 31 August 2021 Date of orders: 20 September 2021 Decision date: 20 September 2021 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: Cowdroy ADCJ AO QC D. Goldstein. Senior Member Decision: 1. Leave to Appeal is refused. 2. The Appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: APPEAL - written contract for water drilling – oral variation – whether Tribunal erred in preferring oral evidence of contractor – appellant claiming denial of natural justice due to lack of waterflow evidence – no expert evidence provided before Tribunal of waterflow to support appellant's claims – appeal dismissed. Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Fair Trading Act 1987 Cases Cited: Associated Provincial Picture Houses v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 Chapman v Taylor [2004] NSW CA 456 Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Craig v State of South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337 Fox v Percy [2003] HCA 22; (2003) 214 CLR 118 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 449 John Prendergast and Vanessa Prendergast v Western Murray Irrigation Ltd [2014] NSWCATAP 59 Johnson v Johnson [1900] P. 19 Lawless v The Queen (1979) 142 CLR 659 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZMDS [2010] HCA 16; 240 CLR 611 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Jia Legeng (2001) 205 CLR 507 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 206 CLR 323 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Applicant S 20/2002 (2003) 198 ALR 59 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611 Minister of Immigration and Citizenship v SZMDS [2010] HCA 16; 240 CLR 611 Re-Refugee Tribunal; Ex parte H (2001) 179 ALR 45 Ryan v BKB Motor Vehicle Repairs Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCATAP 39 Sun Zhan Qui v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1997) 81 FCR 71 Temple v AMR Motors Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCATAP 221 Xu v Jinhong Design & Constructions Pty Ltd (2011) NSWCA 277 Texts Cited: Judicial Review of Administrative Action, 4th edition (2009) Lawbook Co Category: Principal judgment Parties: Louis Leahy (Appellant) Watermin Drillers Pty Ltd (Respondent) Representation: Appellant (Self represented) Respondent (Self represented) File Number(s): 2021/181553 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Consumer and Commercial Citation: Nil Date of Decision: 07 June 2021 Before: W Priestley, General Member File Number(s): GEN 20/43063