Lake v Ballina Golf and Sports Club Limited & Anor [2025] NSWCATAP 25

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lake v Ballina Golf and Sports Club Limited & Anor [2025] NSWCATAP 25 Hearing dates: 22 October 2024 Date of orders: 05 February 2025 Decision date: 05 February 2025 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: P Durack SC, Senior Member G Ellis SC, Senior Member Decision: (1) The application for an extension of time in which to commence the appeal is refused. (2) The appeal is dismissed. (3) Each party is to bear their own costs of the appeal. Catchwords: APPEAL - whether to extend time for lodgement of appeal - lengthy delay in commencing appeal - no satisfactory explanation for delay - lack of merits of appeal - absence of evidence about how golf handicap was made inactive - legal structure concerning golf handicap unclear - legal basis of claims unclear - application for extension of time to commence the appeal refused. Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 Cases Cited: Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Dranichnikov v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2003] HCA 26; 77 ALJR 1088 Jackson v NSW Land and Housing Corporation [2014] NSWCATAP 22 Rice Marketing Board for the State of New South Wales v Forbidden Foods Pty Limited [2020] NSWCATAP 182 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Peter Lake (Appellant) Ballina Golf and Sports Club Limited (First Respondent) Golf Australia Limited (Second Respondent) Representation: Appellant (self-represented)