Park Avenue Nominees Pty Ltd v Boon (on behalf of Weir) & Anor [2001] NSWSC 700

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Park Avenue Nominees Pty Ltd v Boon (on behalf of Weir) & Anor [2001] NSWSC 700 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 030012/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 06/07/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 August 2001

Park Avenue Nominees Pty Ltd ACN 010 286 674 (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Karen Boon (on behalf of Thomas Weir Snr) (First Defendant) Fair Trading Tribunal of New South Wales (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

LOWER COURT Fair Trading Tribunal JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Senior Member Gabrielle Fleming JUDICIAL OFFICER :

Mr P T Russell (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Mr P Batley (Solicitor) (Respondents) Michael Boyce (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Fiona McMullen Legal Aid Commission (First Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Appeal decision of Fair Trading Tribunal - meaning of personal, domestic and purposes, substantial compliance with prescribed form. Fair Trading Tribunal Act 1998 (NSW) Consumer Credit (NSW) Code Fair Trading Act 1998 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Consumer Credit (NSW) Act Consumer Credit (Qld) Act Corporations Law Consumer Credit (NSW) Regulation Mining Regulations 1981 (WA) Commissioner of Taxation v Comcorp Australia Limited & Anor (1996) 70 FCR 356 Hunter Resources Ltd v Melville & Anor (1987-88) 164 CLR 234 Equipment Investments PTy Limited Pty Limited v M J Dowthwaite & CO Pty Limited [1969] FLR 23 CASES CITED : Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28 Victoria v The Commonwealth & Connor; New South Wales v The Commonwealth; Queensland v The Commonwealth; Western Australia v The Commonwealth (1975) 134 CLR 81 Rafiqi & Anor v Wacai Investments Pty Ltd (1998) ASC 1550-024 Linkenholt Pty Ltd v Quirk [2000] VSC 166 DECISION : (1) Appeal allowed; (2) The decision of the Tribunal Member dated 31 January 2001 is set aside. The court declares that s6 of the Credit Code does not apply to the 1999 transaction; (3) The defendants are to pay the plaintiff's costs.