Arjunan v Neighbourhood Association DP No 285853 [2023] NSWCA 103

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Arjunan v Neighbourhood Association DP No 285853 [2023] NSWCA 103 Hearing dates: 9 May 2023 Date of orders: 19 May 2023 Decision date: 19 May 2023 Before: Ward P; Mitchelmore JA Decision: (1) The application for leave to appeal is dismissed. (2) The respondent's notice of motion dated 17 March 2023 is dismissed. (3) The applicant is to pay the respondent's costs of the application for leave to appeal, excluding the costs of the notice of motion referred to in Order 2. Catchwords: APPEALS – Leave to appeal – where neighbourhood association (respondent) commenced Local Court proceedings claiming unpaid levies from lot owner (applicant) and, relying on a by-law of a neighbourhood management statement, costs incurred in recovering unpaid levies – where Local Court ordered applicants to pay incurred costs – where application for leave to appeal refused on two grounds and appeal otherwise dismissed in Supreme Court – where subsequent notice of motion seeking orders in relation to that decision also dismissed – whether leave to appeal should be granted in respect of both decisions – whether arguments in support of application have merit – application for leave to appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Community Land Management Act 1989 (NSW) Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW) Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Arjunan v Neighbourhood Association DP No 285853 [2022] NSWSC 1663 Arjunan v Neighbourhood Association DP No 285853 (No 3) [2022] NSWSC 1524 Carolan v AMF Bowling Pty Limited t/as Bennetts Green Bowl [1995] NSWCA 69 Carpathian Resources Ltd v Hendricks [2011] FCA 41 Carpathian Resources Ltd v Hendricks [2012] FCA 496 Chowdhury v Bangladesh Islamic Centre of NSW [2008] NSWSC 1073 Cooper v The Owners – Strata Plan No 58068 (2020) 103 NSWLR 160; [2020] NSWCA 250 EB 9 & 10 Pty Ltd v The Owners Strata Plan 934 (2018) 98 NSWLR 889; [2018] NSWCA 288 EB 9 & 10 Pty Ltd v The Owners Strata Plan No 934 (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 546 Fleet v Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals NSW [2008] NSWCA 227 IIB Australia Pty Ltd v Owners Strata Plan 76024 (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 929 In re The Will of FB Gilbert (1946) 46 SR (NSW) 318 John Vouris Re; Epromotions Australia Pty Ltd and Relectronic-Remech Pty Ltd (In Liq) [2003] NSWSC 702 Kelly v Jowett (2009) 76 NSWLR 405; [2009] NSWCA 278 Lahoud v Willoughby City Council [2022] NSWCA 214 Muslims New South Wales Inc v Australian Federation of Islamic Councils Inc [2016] NSWSC 960 Owners of Strata Plan 26131 v Dimitriou (2009) 74 NSWLR 370; [2009] NSWCA 27 Owners Strata Plan No 47027 v McGinn [2018] NSWSC 1230 Polo Enterprises Australia Pty Ltd v Pinctada Hotels and Resorts Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 397 Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; [1998] HCA 28 Rockcote Enterprises Pty Ltd v FS Architects Pty Ltd (No 2); Carelli v FS Architects Pty Ltd (No.2) [2008] NSWCA 205 Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services v Smith (2017) 95 NSWLR 597; [2017] NSWCA 206 The Age Company Ltd v Liu (2013) 82 NSWLR 268; [2013] NSWCA 26 The Owners Strata Plan No 2245 v Veney [2020] NSWSC 134 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Kannapiran Chinna Arjunan (First Applicant) Thangam Kannapiran (Second Applicant) Neighbourhood Association DP No 285853 (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Applicants) D Radman (Solicitor)