Lotus Constructions Pty Limited v Director-General, Department of Finance And Service, NSW Fair Trading [2013] NSWADT 260

Administrative Decisions Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lotus Constructions Pty Limited v Director-General, Department of Finance And Service, NSW Fair Trading [2013] NSWADT 260 Hearing dates: 31 May 2013, submissions received 25 September 2013 Decision date: 20 November 2013 Jurisdiction: General Division Before: Judicial Member Naida Isenberg Decision: The decision under review is affirmed Catchwords: Breach of statutory warranty, alleged improper conduct, appropriate penalty Legislation Cited: Home Building Act 1989 Cases Cited: Director-General, Department of Fair Trading and Gary Samuel Leonard Cohen [2000] NSWFTT 3 (27 April 2000) Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Director-General v Festa and Maintenance Exteriors Pty Ltd [2000] NSWFTT 18 (18 December 2000) Woolley v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2005] NSWADT 127 Hometeam Constructions Pty Ltd v McCauleyHYPERLINK "http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/NSWCA/2005/303.html" \o "View Case"[2005] NSWCA 303 Re Stewardson Stubbs &Collett Pty Ltd & Bankstown Municipal CouncilHYPERLINK "http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/LawCite?cit=%5b1965%5d%20NSWR%201671" \o "View LawCiteRecord"[1965] NSWR 1671 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Sunil Chand (Applicant) Lotus Constructions Pty Limited (Respondent) Director-General Department of Finance and Service, NSW Fair Trading (Respondent) Representation: Snelgrove Solicitors (Applicants) Ms Campora (Respondent) File Number(s): 133093 133094