McKerlie v Leeser [2023] NSWCATAP 112

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: McKerlie v Leeser [2023] NSWCATAP 112 Hearing dates: 5 April 2023 Date of orders: 19 April 2023 Decision date: 19 April 2023 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: K Ransome, Senior Member G Ellis SC, Senior Member Decision: 1. Leave to appeal is refused. 2. The date to which the order for possession is suspended is varied to 28 days after the date of publication of these orders. 3. Otherwise, the appeal is dismissed.

Catchwords: APPEAL - No error on a question of law - claims that decision was not fair and equitable and that decision was against the weight of the evidence not established - no basis for granting leave CIVIL PROCEDURE - Whether Tribunal proceedings are adversarial or inquisitorial PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - referral of question of law to the Supreme Court - no adequate reason provided Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) - ss 36, 37, 38, 54, 80, 83, Sch 4 cl 12 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) - cl 25 Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW) – ss 44, 45, 47, 103, 104, 109, 111, 115, 118,187, 217 Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) - r 50.3 Cases Cited: ALZ v WorkCover NSW [2015] NSWCATAD 241 AoN Risk Services v Australian National University [2009] HCA 27 Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Cominos v Di Rico [2016] NSWCATAP 5 CTS v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2017] NSWCATAD 119 David v Langman [2021] NSWCATAP 360 Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd v Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Limited [2013] HCA 46 House v The King [1936] HCA 40, 55 CLR 499 Italiano v Carbone & Ors [2005] NSWCA 177 John Prendergast & Vanessa Prendergast v Western Murray Irrigation Ltd [2014] NSWCATAP 69 Jones v National Coal Board [1957] 2 QB 55 Kincumber Nautical Village v Morris [2020] NSWCATAP 263 McKerlie v Leeser [2023] NSWCATAP 11 Milner v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2017] NSWCATOD 37 Pongrass v Small [2021] NSWCATAP 314 Ryan v BKB Motor Vehicle Repairs Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCATAP 39 Seymour v Wu [2021] NSWCATAP 289 South Western Sydney Area Health Service v Edmonds [2007] NSWCA 16 Swift v SAS Trustee Corporation [2010] NSWCA 182 Torpey v Stewart [2021] NSWCATAT 248 Zonneyville v Department of Justice [2019] NSWCATAP 44 Texts Cited: Tribunal Practice: Inquisitorial or Adversarial?, Dr Juliet Lucy Category: Principal judgment Parties: Colin Robert McKerlie (Appellant) Sylvia Rose Leeser (Respondent) Representation: Appellant (Self-represented) B Small (Agent) (Respondent) File Number(s): 2023/00048085 Publication restriction: Nil