El-Saeidy v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2009] NSWSC 1059

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : El-Saeidy v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2009] NSWSC 1059

HEARING DATE(S) : 14 September 2009, 16 September 2009, 18 September 2009 JURISDICTION : Common Law

JUDGMENT OF : Rothman J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 18 September 2009

(i) Judgment for the defendant;

DECISION : (ii) Plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs of and incidental to these proceedings, as agreed or assessed;

(iii) Proceedings be dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Consumer, Trader & Tenancy Tribunal – prerogative relief sought – privative clause – current application against interlocutory order – overlapping factual issues in civil and criminal proceedings – reliance on right to silence and right/privilege against self-incrimination – application premature and caught by ouster provision – summons dismissed

Civil Procedure Act 2005 Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001 LEGISLATION CITED : Residential Tenancies Act 1987 Supreme Court Act 1970 The Constitution

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University [2009] HCA 27 Healthcare Complaints Commission v Wingate (2007) NSWCA 326 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 CASES CITED : Maxwell v Keun (1928) 1 KB 645 Queensland v J L Holdings Pty Ltd [1997] HCA 1; (1997) 189 CLR 146 Sali v SPC Ltd [1993] HCA 47; (1993) 116 ALR 625 Sullivan v Department of Transport (1978) 20 ALR 323