Nikic v Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Ltd [2022] NSWCATAP 302

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Nikic v Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Ltd [2022] NSWCATAP 302 Hearing dates: 5 September 2022 Date of orders: 19 September 2022 Decision date: 19 September 2022 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: R C Titterton OAM, Senior Member D Fairlie, Senior Member Decision: 1. In relation to any question of law, the appeal is dismissed. 2. In relation to any other grounds, leave to appeal is refused. 3. The contentions in the respondent's Reply are disallowed. 4. No order as to costs. Catchwords: CONSUMER LAW – Australian Consumer Law – no question of principle Legislation Cited: Australian Consumer Law – ss 3, 271 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) – ss 60, 80; Clause 12 of Sch 4 Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) – ss 3, 79E Cases Cited: Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Coulton v Holcombe [1986] HCA 33 Drivas v Burrows [2014] NSWCATAP 87 Hill v Venkatesan [2022] NSWCATAP 278 M H Investments Aust Pty Ltd v Hurstville City Council [2015] NSWCATAP 180 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZMTA (2019) 264 CLR 421 Noori v JMG Auto Parts Pty Ltd [2022] NSWCATAP 250 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 The Queen v Trade Practices Tribunal; ex parte Tasmanian Breweries Pty Ltd (1970) 123 CLR 361 Texts Cited: F G Brennan, Limits on the Use of Judges (1978) 7 F L Rev at 1, 3. Category: Principal judgment Parties: Chris (Smiljan) Nikic (Appellant) Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Ltd (Respondent) Representation: Appellant (Self represented)