Wakim v Mathiew Pty Ltd t/as Dove Migration Services [2002] NSWSC 405

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Wakim v Mathiew Pty Ltd t/as Dove Migration Services [2002] NSWSC 405 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 11082/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 6/5/02;8/5/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 May 2002

PARTIES : Josie Wakim v Mathiew Pty Ltd t/s Dove Migration Services JUDGMENT OF : O'Keefe J

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COUNSEL : Mr G Thomas - plaintiff No appearance for defendant SOLICITORS : Adams Raves Marsh & Co, Sydney - plaintiff Star Carver & Sons, Padstow - defendant CATCHWORDS : Local Court - Small Claims Division - Standard or usual procedure - No application to vary - Procedural fairness - Written statements - Right to oral hearing - Right to cross-examine - Whether absence of either constitutes denial of natural justice - Amendment of grounds of appeal - Ambit of appeal from Local Court in civil cases - No repeal of section 69 of Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act 1970 by Pt 5 of Justices Legislation Amendment (Appeals) Act 1998 - Costs - Discretion Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act, 1970 (NSW) ss 12, 23B, 61, 63, 69, 69A Practice Note No 3/2001 (Small Claims Division) Justices Legislation Amendment (Appeals) Act, 1998 LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act s 63 Supreme Court Rules Pt 20, Pt 72 Supreme Court Act s 63 Rules of Supreme Court Pt 20 Pace v Read (2000) NSWSC 823, 18 August 2000 (unreported) Kojima v Australian Chinese Newspapers [2000] NSWSC 1153 National Companies and Securities Commission v News Corporation Limited (1984) 156 CLR 296 at 312 The King v War Pensions Entitlement Appeal Tribunal: Ex parte Bott (1933) 50 CLR 228 at 248 The Queen v Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission Ex parte Angliss Group (1969) 122 CLR 546 Russell v Duke of Norfolk (1949) 1 All ER 109 at 118 University of Ceylon v Fernando (1960) 1 WLR 223 Mobil Oil Australia Pty Limited v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1963) 113 CLR 475 at 504 CASES CITED : Salemi v MacKellar (No 2) (1977) 137 CLR 396 White v Ryde Municipal Council (1977) 2 NSWLR 909 Local Government Board v Arlidge (1915) AC 120 Jeffs v New Zealand Dairy Production and Marketing Board (1967) 1 AC 551 Jet 60 Minute Cleaners Pty Limited v Brownette (1981) 2 NSWLR 232 Chen v Minister for Immigration (194) 48 FCR 591 Heatley v Tasmanian Racing and Gaming Commission (1977) 137 CLR 487 Beveridge v Dontan Pty Limited (1990) 23 NSWLR 13 Shannon v Lee Chun (1912) 15 CLR 257 Longhurst-Saunders v Cooper (1956) 73 WN (NSW) DECISION : Summons dismissed; No order as to costs.