Vergios v Mazda Australia Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCATAP 286

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Vergios v Mazda Australia Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCATAP 286 Hearing dates: 19 October 2020 Date of orders: 28 September 2021 Decision date: 28 September 2021 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: T Simon, Principal Member G Sarginson, Senior Member Decision: (1) Leave to appeal refused (2) Appeal dismissed (3) No order as to costs Catchwords: CONSUMER LAW---Consumer guarantees---Acceptable quality---Whether decision against weight of evidence---Causation---Whether correct legal test applied Legislation Cited: Australian Consumer Law 2010 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) Cases Cited: Allen v TriCare (Hastings) Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCATAP 25 Clements v Independent Indigenous Advisory Committee [2003] FCAFC 143 Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Italiano v Carbone [2005] NSWCA 177; NSW Land and Housing Corporation v Orr [2019] NSWCA 231 Pholi v Wearne [2014] NSWCATAP 78 Prendergast v Western Murray Irrigation Ltd [2014] NSWCATAP 69 Ryan v BKB Motor Vehicle Repairs Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCATAP 39 Safi v Heartland Motors Pty Ltd t/as Heartland Chrysler [2016] NSWCATAP 80 Strata 778 Pty Ltd v Enright (No 2) [2020] NSWCATAP 71 Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia [1992] HCA 55; (1992) 175 CLR 514 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Michael Vergios (Appellant) Mazda Australia Pty Ltd (First Respondent) Dominelli Group Pty Ltd t/as Rockdale Mazda (Second Respondent) West End Motor Group Pty Ltd t/as West End Parramatta (Third Respondent) Representation: Appellant-Self Represented C L Han – Customer relations officer for the First Respondent J Mansweto – Service Manager for the Second Respondent S Rocheford – Service manager for the Third Respondent File Number(s): AP 20/33067 (2020/370951) Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Consumer and Commercial Division Citation: Not Applicable Date of Decision: 10 July 2020 Before: D Charles, Senior Member File Number(s): MV 19/52303