Sunaust Properties Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 64807 [2022] NSWSC 1643

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Sunaust Properties Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 64807 [2022] NSWSC 1643 Hearing dates: 1 December 2022 Date of orders: 9 December 2022 Decision date: 09 December 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Rees J Decision: Application to transfer to NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal dismissed. Catchwords: COURTS AND TRIBUNALS – power to transfer to NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) – Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), sch 4 cl 6(2) – proceedings commenced in Court – application then filed in NCAT – Court has jurisdiction for common issues and NCAT does not, by sch 4 cl 5(7) – whether Court can transfer to NCAT under sch 4 cl 6(2) – statutory construction of sch 4 cl 6(2) at [13]-[26] – Court may transfer where parties agree or it is appropriate to do so. Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), ss 3(d), 16(1), 17, 28(1), 38; sch 4, cls 3(1), 5, 6(2) Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001 (NSW), ss 22, 23 Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), s 14(1) Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW), s 40B(2) Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW), ss 72, 106, 232 Cases Cited: Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co (1920) 28 CLR 129 Anvic Holdings v Constable [2002] NSWSC 747 Australia City Properties Management Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 65111 [2021] NSWCA 162 Australian Executor Trustees Ltd v Steak Plains Olive Farm Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCATCD 248 Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 Breecass Pty Ltd v The Owners — Strata Plan No 61419 [2019] NSWCATCD 23 Coastline Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd v Kakavas [2008] NSWSC 388 Corporate Affairs Commission (NSW) v Yuill (1991) 172 CLR 319 Coscuez International Pty Ltd v The Owners -- Strata Plan No 46433 [2022] NSWCATAP 147 Di Liristi v Matautia Developments Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCA 163 Dixon v Todd (1904) 1 CLR 320 Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Consolidated Media Holdings (2012) 250 CLR 503; [2012] HCA 55 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 335; [1998] HCA 28 SAS Trustee Corporation v Miles (2018) 265 CLR 137; [2018] HCA 55 Steak Plains Olive Farm Pty Ltd v Australian Executor Trustees Ltd [2015] NSWSC 289; (2015) 18 BPR 35,471 Sunaust Properties Pty Ltd v The Owners – SP No 64807 (No 2) [2022] NSWCATAP 335 Sunaust Properties Pty Ltd v The Owners – Strata Plan No 64807 [2022] NSWCATAP 246 The Owners — Strata Plan 50276 v Thoo [2013] NSWCA 270 The Owners — Strata Plan No 30695 v Stratacorp Management Services Pty Lrd [2005] NSWSC 405 The Owners — Strata Plan No 54026 v Ternes [2019] NSWSC 1579 The Owners – Strata Plan No 64807 v Sunaust Properties Pty Ltd [2022] NSWCATCD 20 The Owners Corporation – Strata Plan 64807 v BCS Strata Management Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 1040 Vickery v The Owners — Strata Plan No 80412 (2020) 103 NSWLR 352; [2020] NSWCA 284 Texts Cited: Explanatory Note to the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Bill 2001 (NSW) Herzfeld, Perry and Thomas Prince, Interpretation (2nd ed, 2020, Thomson Reuters) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Sunaust Properties Pty Ltd (Plaintiff/Respondent) The Owners – Strata Plan No 64807 (Defendant/Applicant) Representation: Counsel: Mr DL Cook SC / Mr E Young (Plaintiff) Mr R Gration