Lynch v Bagala Bros Pty Ltd [2022] NSWDC 136

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lynch v Bagala Bros Pty Ltd [2022] NSWDC 136 Hearing dates: 28 April 2022 Date of orders: 28 April 2022 Decision date: 28 April 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: Order: (1) Appeal dismissed. (2) Pursuant to s 98 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005, the defendant's costs of the appeal are assessed in a gross sum of $4,000 and the plaintiff is to pay in instalments of $1,000 per month over the next 4 months. Catchwords: APPEAL - appeal from decision of Assessor in the Small Claims Division of the Local Court pursuant to s 39(2) Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) - whether lack of procedural fairness - appeal dismissed with costs Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 98(4) Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) ss 35, 39(2) and 40 Cases Cited: Bobb v Wombat Securities Pty Ltd & Ors (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 863 Duraisamy v Sydney Trains [2019] NSWCA 269 Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Mahaffy v Mahaffy (2018) 97 NSWLR 119 Poulsen v Harrison [2021] NSWCA 23 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff: Ms Mary Athena Lynch (self-represented) Defendant: Bagala Bros Australia Pty Ltd Representation: Counsel Plaintiff: Ms Mary Athena Lynch (self-represented) Defendant: Mr A Friedlander (Solicitor for the Defendant)