NSW Caselaw
CITATION: Barakat v Commissioner for Fair Trading, New South Wales Office of Fair Trading [2008] NSWADT 127
DIVISION: General Division
APPLICANT Barry Barakat PARTIES: RESPONDENT Commissioner for Fair Trading, New South Wales Office of Fair Trading
FILE NUMBER: 083051
HEARING DATES: 10 April 2008
SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 10 April 2008
DATE OF DECISION: 30 April 2008
BEFORE: Handley R - Judicial Member
CATCHWORDS: Home Builder - cancellation of supervisor certificate - disqualification from holding authority
MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter
LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Home Building Act 1989
Australian Broadcasting Commission v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 Hughes & Vale Pty Ltd v New South Wales (No 2) (1955) 93 CLR 127 McBride v Walton (NSW Court of Appeal, unreported, 15 July 1994) CASES CITED: Ng & anor v Commissioner for Fair Trading, NSW Office of Fair Trading & anor [2007] NSWADT 259 Raso v Commissioner for Fair Trading, Office of Fair Trading [2008] NSWADT 51 Siganto v R (1998) 194 CLR 656 YJ v Chief Executive Officer, WorkCover Authority [2006] NSWADT 264
APPLICANT J Conomos and F Coyne, barrister REPRESENTATION: RESPONDENT W Maynard, solicitor
ORDERS: The Commissioner's decision to cancel Mr Barakat's supervisor certificate and to disqualify him from holding such a certificate or various related certificates is set aside, and in substitution for that decision Mr Barakat is required to pay a penalty of $5,000 to the Commissioner within two months of the date of this decision.
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