Klapsis v Formosa [2016] NSWSC 1371

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Klapsis v Formosa [2016] NSWSC 1371 Hearing dates: 15 September 2016 Date of orders: 27 September 2016 Decision date: 27 September 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: The Court orders that:

(1) The decision of his Honour Magistrate Curran dated 2 November 2015 is affirmed.

(2) The amended summons filed 17 May 2015 is dismissed.

(3) The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs on an ordinary basis as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: APPEAL – Local Court – sale of a power boat – procedural fairness – bailment – evidence of a handwriting expert – no error of law – appeal dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) Local Court of New South Wales Practice Note Civ 1 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175; [2009] HCA 27 Brennan v Consumer, Trader & Tenancy Tribunal & Anor [2010] NSWSC 1240 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Italiano v Carbone [2005] NSWCA 177 J L Holdings Pty Ltd v State of Queensland (1996) 71 FCR 545 Kelly v Westpac Banking Corporation [2014] NSWCA 348 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Ex parte Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1; [2003] HCA 6 Titan v Babic (1994) 49 FCR 546; (1994) 126 ALR 455 Category: Principal judgment Parties: George Klapsis (Plaintiff) Michael Donald Formosa (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: G Carolan (Defendant)