Grygiel v Baine & Ors [2004] NSWSC 308

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Grygiel v Baine & Ors [2004] NSWSC 308 HEARING DATE(S) : 30 and 31 March 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 April 2004

JURISDICTION: Common Law Division Administrative Law List JUDGMENT OF : Master Malpass DECISION : The Summons is dismissed. The plaintiff is to pay the costs of the Summons. The Exhibits may be returned. The question of the basis on which those costs are to be payable is reserved.

CATCHWORDS : Tribunal - joinder of parties - costs - interlocutory decisions on matters of practice - jurisdiction in relation to building claims and consumer claims. Architects Act 1921. Consumer Claims Act 1998, s 3, s 4, s 6. LEGISLATION CITED : Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001, s 3, s 5 (2) s 21, s 26, s 26 (2) and (3), s 53, s 53 (1), s 65, s 67. Home Building Act 1989, s 3, s 48A, s 48K, s 92. Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Regulation 2002, cl 20, cl 20 (4), cl 28. Collings Homes v Head & Ors [2002] NSWSC 1219. Coulton v Holcombe (1986) 162 CLR 1. CASES CITED : Ultra Modern Developments v Donmap Digital Images & Ors [2003] NSWSC 1079. W D & H O Wills (Australia) Ltd and Anor v The Consumer Claims Tribunal of New South Wales and Anor - BC 9803304. Woolcock Street Investments Pty Ltd v CDG Pty Ltd (HCt Unreported BC200401482 - 1 April 2004). Christopher Andrew Grygiel (Plaintiff) v Anthony J Baine (First Defendant) PARTIES : Janice Wiley (Second Defendant) Albion Design and Construction Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) Blakemore Electrical Services Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant) S.A.Carroll, Michael O'Dea, M. Concannon, A.J.Baine, R.P.Higgins, H.G.Harrison, P.J.Punch, P.A.Carroll, D.B.Farah, G.M.Phillips, Maithri Panagoda, Timothy Concannon T/as Carroll & O'Dea (Fifth Defendants) Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal (Sixth Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 30088 of 2003 Mr B Zipser (Plaintiff) Mr M Pesman (First and Second Defendants) COUNSEL : Mr L G Stone (Third Defendant) N/A (Fourth Defendant) Mr S Goldstein (Fifth Defendants) N/A (Sixth Defendant) The Builders' Lawyer (Plaintiff) MasseyBailey (First and Second Defendants) PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal (Third Defendant) SOLICITORS : N/A (Fourth Defendant) Carroll & O'Dea (Fifth Defendants) I V Knight - Crown Solicitor - Submitting Appearance (Sixth Defendant)