Filippi v Fagimo Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 1221

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Filippi v Fagimo Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 1221 Hearing dates: 2 December 2011 Decision date: 10 October 2012 Before: McCallum J Decision: Proceedings dismissed with costs Catchwords: DEEDS - construction - release in deed of settlement - whether release includes claim for costs awarded in later proceedings - cautionary principle to be applied in approach to construction

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - judicial review - jurisdictional error - utility of granting discretionary relief where alleged denial of procedural fairness involved question of law determined against the plaintiff in this court Legislation Cited: Consumer, Trader & Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001 Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) Home Building Act 1989 Legal Profession Act 2004 Cases Cited: Ackroyd v Whitehouse (Director of National Parks & Wildlife Service) (1985) 2 NSWLR 239 Amaca Pty Ltd v CSR Ltd (No 2) [2001] NSWSC 324 Atkinson v Crowley [2011] NSWCA 194 Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA (in liquidation) v Ali & Ors [2001] 1 All ER 961 Grant v John Grant and Sons [1954] HCA 23; (1954) 91 CLR 112 Ex parte Amalgamated Engineering Union (Australian Section); Re Jackson (1937) 38 SR (NSW) 13 Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society (1998) 1 All ER 98 Lindsay v NSW Medical Board [2008] NSWSC 289 Lloyds v Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee [1999] NSWCA 68 Karam v ANZ Banking Group Limited [2001] NSWSC 709 Marincheck v Cabport [2010] NSWCA 334 Miller v University of New South Wales [2003] FCAFC 180; (2003) 200 ALR 565 Oshlack v Richmond River Council [1998] HCA 11; (1998) 193 CLR 72 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd [1981] HCA 45; (1981) 147 CLR 589 Re Minister for Immigration; ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 623 Rippon v Chilcotin Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 142; (2001) 53 NSWLR 198 Qantas Airways Ltd v Gubbins (1992) 28 NSWLR 26 Shepherds Producers Co-operative Ltd v John Scott Lamont [2009] NSWSC 294 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Kevin William Filippi (plaintiff) Fagimo Pty Ltd (first defendant) Consumer, Trade & Tenancy Tribunal (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Ashhurst SC, M Dawson (defendants) Solicitors: D Doyle, The Builders' Lawyer Pty Ltd (plaintiff) Maguire & McInerney Lawyers (first defendant) I V Knight, Crown Solicitor (second defendant - submitting appearance) File Number(s): 2011/189610 Publication restriction: None