T & I Engines Pty Ltd v Consumer Claims Tribunal & Anor [1999] NSWSC 370

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : T & I Engines Pty Ltd v Consumer Claims Tribunal & Anor [1999] NSWSC 370 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Civil FILE NUMBER(S) : 30085/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 20 April 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 April 1999

T & I Engines Pty Ltd (Plt) PARTIES : Consumer Claims Tribunal (1D) D & A Orchard Investments Pty Ltd t/as Easy Tours (2D) JUDGMENT OF : Newman J

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Consumer Claims Tribunal LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER :

J B Pender (Plt) COUNSEL : Submitting appearance (1D) J Stoljar (2D) A Harvey Sutton & Co (Plt) SOLICITORS : Crown Solicitor (1D) Orchiston Ranzetta Finney (2D) CATCHWORDS : Inferior courts; Consumer Claims Tribunal; requirements of natural justice; particulars of claim; obligation of Tribunal to supply particulars ACTS CITED : Consumer Claims Tribunal Act 1987 s 12 Trade Practices Act 1974 s 74; s 68A APA Life Insurance v Charles (1981) 2 NSWLR 352 at 359 White v Hall (1983) ASC 55-247 at 56,250 K & H Atkins v Cunningham (1981) 2 NSWLR 288 at 293 CASES CITED : Busby v Human Resources Commission (1998) 20 FLR 463 at 471 Amerasinghe v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1991) 33 FCR 30 Videto v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1985) 8 FCR 167 at 178 O'Rourke v Miller (1985) 156 CLR 342 at 353 DECISION : Judgment for the defendants plus costs

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