Strata Plan No 56115 v FTAC & Anor [2001] NSWSC 460

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Strata Plan No 56115 v FTAC & Anor [2001] NSWSC 460 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 11384/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 24 May 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 June 2001

The Owners - Strata Plan No 56115 (Plaintiff)

PARTIES : Fair Trading Administration Corporation (First Defendant)

Fair Trading Tribunal (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

LOWER COURT Fair Trading Tribunal JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT BU 1999/3863 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Tribunal Member Forbes JUDICIAL OFFICER :

Mr M D Young (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Ms E Olsson (First Defendant) Blessington Judd (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Ms B M Edwards FTAC (First Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Appeal decision of Fair Trading Tribunal Fair Trading Act 1998 LEGISLATION CITED : Building Services Corporation Act (NSW) 1973 Fair Trading Tribunal Act 1998 House v King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Birkett v James [1977] 2 All ER 801; AC 297 Witen v Lombard Australia Ltd (1968) 88 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 405 Southern Cross Exploration NL v Fire & All Risks Insurance Co Ltd (1986) 4 NSWLR 491 McKenna v McKenna [1984] VR 665 CASES CITED : Department of Trading v Chris Small Ltd (1989) AC 1197 Stollznow v Calvert [1980] 2 NSWLR 749 State of Queensland & Anor v J L Holdings Pty Limited (1996-97) 189 CLR 146 Nominal Defendant v Manning [2000] NSWCA 80; (2000) 50 NSWLR 139 Forbes v Davies [1994] Aust Torts Reports 81-279 Morrison v Judd )NSWCA, unreported 10 October 1995) DECISION : (1) The decision of Tribunal Member Forbes of 8 August 2000 is set aside; (2) I make orders in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) of the amended summons; (3) The first defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs. Costs incurred in the Tribunal on 10 February 2000 and 8 May 2000 are remitted to the Tribunal for determination.