Hodges v Commissioner of Fair Trading [2023] NSWCATAP 138

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hodges v Commissioner of Fair Trading [2023] NSWCATAP 138 Hearing dates: 12 May 2023 Date of orders: 22 May 2023 Decision date: 22 May 2023 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: A Balla ADCJ, Principal Member Dr Dubler SC, Senior Member Decision: 1. Application to extend time for lodging of Notice of Appeal is refused. 2. Appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - motor dealers licence – refusal to grant licence APPEALS – whether time to lodge appeal should be extended – whether new evidence should be allowed – whether Tribunal failed to give applicant opportunity to be heard – whether the Tribunal was biased Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) Cases Cited: Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Jackson v NSW Land and Housing Corporation [2014] NSWCATAP 22 Ross v Commissioner of Police [2020] NSWCATAP 70 Sudath v Health Care Complaints Commission [2012] NSWCA 171 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Wayne Maurice Hodges (Appellant) Commissioner of Fair Trading (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Wayne Maurice Hodges (Self-represented) Department of Customer Service (Respondent) File Number(s): 2023/00045379 Publication restriction: nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Citation: Not applicable Before: J A McAteer, Senior Member File Number(s): 2022/00194883