The Owners – Strata Plan No 38308 v Gelder [2024] NSWCATAP 61

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: The Owners – Strata Plan No 38308 v Gelder [2024] NSWCATAP 61 Hearing dates: 01 March 2024 Date of orders: 11 April 2024 Decision date: 11 April 2024 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: R Seiden SC, Principal Member Dr R Dubler SC, Senior Member Decision: (1) Extend the time for the filing of the Notice of Appeal to 18 December 2023 pursuant to s 41 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW). (2) Appeal dismissed. (3) No order as to costs of the appeal. Catchwords: COSTS — appeals — whether the Tribunal erred in not finding special circumstances and ordering costs after the Respondent, in substance, consented to the relief sought by the Appellant, the Applicant below — failure to consent to the Appellant's proceedings earlier was not unreasonable — the Tribunal did not err in not finding special circumstances and not awarding costs in favour of the Appellant — whether the order of the Tribunal directing the Appellant to exempt the Respondent from any costs imposition relating to the Tribunal's proceedings was within power and the jurisdiction of the Tribunal to make Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) Cases Cited: Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force v DYD [2023] NSWCATAP 244 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 Gallo v Dawson (1990) HCA 30; 93 ALR 479 Gautam v Health Complaints Commission [2021] NSWCA 85 Hagh v Cong [2014] NSWCATAP 47 Haritos v Commissioner of Taxation (2015) 233 FCR 315; [2015] FCAFC 92 Hermes Nominees Pty Ltd v Shepherd [2024] NSWCATAP 36 Jackson v Land and Housing Corporation (NSW) [2014] NSWCATAP 22 Kelly v Szatow [2020] NSWSC 407 Keyworth v The Owners – Strata Plan No 45081 [2022] NSWCATCD 75 Kudrynski v Orange City Council [2024] NSWCA 33 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs of the Commonwealth of Australia, ex parte v Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; [1997] HCA 6 New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation v Orr [2019] NSWCA 231 Nu-Stone Building Pty Ltd v McInerney [2023] NSWSC 67 Rice Marketing Board for the State of New South Wales v Forbidden Foods Pty Limited [2020] NSWCATAP 182 Starr v Johnston [2023] NSWCATAP 190 Taylormade Residential Pty Ltd v Hoare [2021] NSWCATAP 182 The Owners Strata Plan No 74698 v Jacinta Investments Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCATAP 387 Volkswagen Group Australia Pty Ltd v Saad [2022] NSWCATAP 133 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: The Owners – Strata Plan No 38308 (Appellant) Michelle Gelder (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Maddocks (Appellant) Respondent (self-represented) File Number(s): 2023/00457721 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Consumer and Commercial Division Citation: N/A Date of Decision: 20 September 2023 Before: D Bluth, Senior Member File Number(s): SC 22/52121 / SC 22/54495