Milstern Retirement v Nance Carton & Ors [2006] NSWSC 937

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Milstern Retirement v Nance Carton & Ors [2006] NSWSC 937 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S) : 24 August 2006

JUDGMENT DATE : 14 September 2006

JURISDICTION : Common Law Division - Administrative Law List

JUDGMENT OF : Associate Justice Harrison

DECISION : (1) The appeal is dismissed; (2) The application for relief under s 65(3) is refused; (3) The order of the Tribunal Member H E Moore dated 9 November 2005 is affirmed; (4) The amended summons filed 9 May 2006 is dismissed; (5) The plaintiff is to pay the third defendant's costs as agreed or assessed.

CATCHWORDS : Retirement Village - Kitchen expenses - not reasonable or necessary

Consumer, Trader & Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001 (NSW) - ss 3, 28, 35, 65 & 67 Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) - s 86 LEGISLATION CITED : Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cth) - ss 79(1B)(a), 82(b) & 104 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) - s 65 Retirement Villages Act 1999 (NSW) - s 115 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) - s 69

Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 Chapman v Taylor & Ors; Vero Insurance Ltd v Taylor & Ors [2004] NSWCA 456 City of Burnside v Attorney-General (SA) (1994) 63 SASR 65 Collector of Customs, (Tasmania) v Flinders Island Community Association (1985) 7 FCR 205 Holloway v Chairperson of the Residential Tribunal (2001) 51 NSWLR 716 Italiano v Carbone & Ors [2005] NSWCA 177 Kalokerinos & Anor v HIA Insurance Services P/L & Anor [2004] NSWCA 312 Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Livesey v New South Wales Bar Association (1983) 151 CLR 288 McGale v Glad (1981) 59 FLR 1 McDonald v Director-General of Social Security (1984) 1 FCR 354 CASES CITED : Mah v Consumer Trader & Tenancy Tribunal & Anor [2005] NSWSC 476 Minister for Health v Thomson (1985) 8 FCR 213 Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611 Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v Lay Lat [2006] FCAFC 61 Muin v Refugee Review Tribunal (2002) 190 ALR 601 NADH of 2001 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCAFC 328 Regina v MacKellar; Ex-parte Ratu (1977) 137 CLR 461 Re Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs; ex parte Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex-parte Miah (2001) 206 CLR 57 Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex-parte H (2001) 75 ALJR 982 Rowlands v Consumer, Trader & Tenancy Tribunal [2003] NSWSC 730 Ruiz v Canberra Rex Hotel Pty Ltd (1974) 5 ACTR 1 Waij v The Minister for immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (2004) 80 ALD 568