Eliezer v Sydney Water Corporation [2021] NSWCA 300

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Eliezer v Sydney Water Corporation [2021] NSWCA 300 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 10 December 2021 Decision date: 10 December 2021 Before: Gleeson JA at [1]; McCallum JA at [2]; Preston CJ of LEC [3] Decision: (1) Refuse to extend time for commencing proceedings for judicial review of the decision of the Local Court (Small Claims Division) dated 24 June 2020. (2) Dismiss the summons filed on 15 June 2021 for judicial review of the decisions of the District Court of NSW dated 16 March 2021 and 7 April 2021. (3) Order the appellant to pay the first respondent's costs of the proceedings in this Court. Catchwords: JUDICIAL REVIEW – decision of Local Court of NSW (Small Claims Division) – decision of District Court of NSW on appeal from Local Court – whether time to challenge Local Court decision should be extended – challenge not fairly arguable – grounds of challenge to District Court decision – no jurisdictional error or error of law on the face of record established Legislation Cited: Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) s 39(2) Local Court Rules 2009 (NSW) r 2.4, r 2.5 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) s 69 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 59.3 Cases Cited: Allianz Australia v Kerr (2012) 83 NSWLR 302; [2012] NSWCA 13 Boele v Rinbac Pty Ltd (2014) 88 NSWLR 381; [2014] NSWCA 451 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163; [1995] HCA 58 Dyason v Butterworth [2015] NSWCA 52 Eliezer v The Council of St Andrews Cathedral School [2021] NSWCA 144 Geftlic v Merhi [2011] NSWCA 241 Jamal v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2019] NSWCA 121 Kirk v Industrial Court of NSW (2010) 239 CLR 531; [2010] HCA 1 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li (2013) 249 CLR 332; [2013] HCA 18 Singh v Hicks and Nissan [2021] NSWCA 80 Stephens v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2019] NSWSC 761 Tomko v Palasty (No 2) (2007) 71 NSWLR 61; [2007] NSWCA 369 Wishart v Fraser (1941) 64 CLR 470 at 483; [1941] HCA 8 WO v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2009] NSWCA 370 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Supriya Eliezer (Applicant) Sydney Water Corporation (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Self-represented (Applicant) Manion McCosker Solicitors and Attorneys (Respondent) File Number(s): 2021/172122 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: District Court; Local Court Jurisdiction: Civil; Small Claims Division Citation: [2021] NSWDC 66; Unreported Date of Decision: 16 March 2021 Before: Abadee DCJ; Assessor Harvey File Number(s): 2020/212141; 2020/81636