NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Symes v The Proprietors Strata Plan No 31731 [2003] NSWCA 7 HEARING DATE(S) : 12 November 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 February 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Heydon JA at 2; McClellan J at 85 DECISION : See paragraph 84
CATCHWORDS : Equity - appeal - strata plan - body corporate - dividing wall - water penetration - responsibility for rectification - common property - Strata Titles Board - finding of fact - whether trial judge can decide a question that did not appear in the stated case - no evidence - Coulton v Holcombe - notice of contention - case stated technique Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED : Strata Titles Act 1973 Supreme Court Act 1970 Allen v Kerr (1995) Aust Torts Rep 81-354 Australian Provincial Assurance Co v Coroneo (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 700 Brady v Brady [1989] AC 755 Collins v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1986) 5 NSWLR 209 CASES CITED : Coulton v Holcombe (1986) 162 CLR 1 Damberg v Damberg (2001) 52 NSWLR 492 Della Petrona v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (No 1) (Court of Appeal, 1 September 1995) Galletta v Walter [1977] 1 NSWLR 1 Geroge Hudson Ltd v Australian Timber Workers' Union (1923) 32 CLR 413 Wheeler v Cahill (1943) 61 WN (NSW) 1 PARTIES : Douglas Symes (Appellant) The Proprietors Strata Plan No 31731 (Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40540/01 COUNSEL : Mr M D Young (Appellant) Mr M A Bradford (Respondent) SOLICITORS : David Le Page (Appellant) Alex Ilkin & Co (Respondent
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