T & S Nominees Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2016] NSWCATAD 119

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: T & S Nominees Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2016] NSWCATAD 119 Hearing dates: 11 March 2016 Date of orders: 16 June 2016 Decision date: 16 June 2016 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Frost, Senior Member Decision: (1) The application for review is dismissed. (2) The Applicant is to pay the Respondent's costs from 20 January 2016. Catchwords: DISMISSAL – failure to appear – failure to comply with Tribunal's directions – want of prosecution of proceeding – proceeding lacking in substance COSTS – special circumstances – proceedings conducted in a way that unnecessarily disadvantaged another party – unreasonably prolonging the time taken to complete the proceedings – failure to comply with the duty to co-operate with the Tribunal to give effect to the 'guiding principle' (to facilitate the just, quick and cheap resolution of the real issues in the proceedings) Legislation Cited: Land Tax Management Act 1956 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Taxation Administration Act 1996 (NSW) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: T & S Nominees Pty Ltd (Applicant) Chief Commissioner of State Revenue (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S Haddad (Applicant) E Bishop (Respondent) Solicitors: Crown Solicitor's Office (Respondent) File Number(s): 1410439