Veney v The Owners – Strata Plan No 2245 [2023] NSWCATAP 262

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Veney v The Owners – Strata Plan No 2245 [2023] NSWCATAP 262 Hearing dates: 27 July 2023 Date of orders: 21 September 2023 Decision date: 21 September 2023 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: S Thode, Principal Member P Durack, Senior Member Decision: 1 Leave to appeal refused. 2 Appeal dismissed. 3 No order as to costs with the intention that each party pay its own costs of the appeal. Catchwords: APPEAL – Strata Law – appeal against costs order and order dispensing with a hearing – discretionary decisions - no appealable error found. Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW), Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) Cases Cited: Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 McInnes v Rheem Australia Pty Limited [2021] NSWCA 89 Prendergast v Western Murray Irrigation Ltd [2014] NSWCATAP 69 Roberts v The Owners – Strata Plan No 4393 [2023] NSWCATAP 119 The Owners - SP No 2245 v Veney [2020] NSWSC 134 ZHH v ZHI (No 2) [2018] NSWCATAP 193 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Allan Veney (Appellant) The Owners – Strata Plan No 2245 (Respondent) Representation: Self-represented (Appellant) Strata Title Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2023/00172412 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Consumer and Commercial Division Jurisdiction: NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Citation: [2020] NSWCATCD Date of Decision: 04 May 2023 Before: R Titterton, Senior Member File Number(s): SC 22/38783