Pillay v Ku-ring-Gai Council [2015] NSWCATAP 83

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Pillay v Ku-ring-Gai Council [2015] NSWCATAP 83 Hearing dates: 9 April 2015 Date of orders: 07 May 2015 Decision date: 07 May 2015 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: S Westgarth, Deputy President R Titterton, Senior Member Decision: Application for leave to appeal granted Appeal allowed The order made on 30 October 2014 is set aside Each party is to pay their own costs of the proceedings below and of the appeal Catchwords: Appeal – costs – whether special circumstances established – special circumstances not established Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act, s60 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Residential Tenancies Act 2010 Cases Cited: Allplastics Engineering Pty Ltd v Dornoch Ltd Brown v Bennett (2002) 2 AER 273 Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Dr Douglas v Lawton Pty Ltd (No 2) Oshlack v Richmond River Council ; Category: Principal judgment Parties: Charles Pillay (Appellant) Kuringai Council (Respondent) Representation: The appellant in person Mr Merlino, Solicitor (Respondent) File Number(s): AP 14/57328 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Consumer and Commercial Date of Decision: 30 October 2014 Before: M Cohen, Senior Member File Number(s): RT 14/32510, RT 14/41907