Shoobridge v Commissioner of Fair Trading [2015] NSWCATOD 42

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Shoobridge v Commissioner of Fair Trading [2015] NSWCATOD 42 Hearing dates: 12 January 2015 and 1 April 2015 Decision date: 29 April 2015 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: P Molony, Senior Member Decision: The Tribunal sets aside the decision made by the Commissioner and instead determines to grant Mr Shoobridge's application for a contractor licence. Catchwords: Administrative review – home building – application for a contractor licence refused on the basis that the applicant could not demonstrate two years' experience relevant industry experience in a wide range of building construction work – experience gained as a sub-contractor – whether experience gained in commercial construction is relevant industry experience – whether DA required for residential building work to be relevant –requirement for verification of experience Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 Home Building Act 1989 Home Building Regulation 2004 Cases Cited: Hale v Commissioner of Fair Trading [2015] NSWCATOD 1 Locking v Department of Finance and Services [2013] NSWADT 239 Merhi v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2014] NSWCATOD 143 Ozcelik v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2014] NSWCATOD 100 Sollazzo v Commissioner of Fair Trading [2015] NSWCATOD 20' Zada v Director General Department of Finance and Services NSW Fair Trading [2014] NSWCATOD 16 Category: Principal judgment Parties: James Andrew Shoobridge (Applicant) Commissioner of Fair Trading (Respondent) Representation: Solicitor: G Shoobridge (Agent for the applicant) W Maynard, Commissioner of Fair Trading (Respondent) File Number(s): 1420222