Chamma v DJC Furniture & Bedding Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCATAP 169

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Chamma v DJC Furniture & Bedding Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCATAP 169 Hearing dates: 18 April 2017 and 30 June 2017 Date of orders: 10 August 2017 Decision date: 10 August 2017 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: L Pearson, Principal Member J McAteer, Senior Member Decision: (1) Time in which to lodge the appeal is extended to 23 December 2016. (2) Application for leave to appeal refused. (3) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: APPEAL: Consumer claim – Purchase of bedroom suite – Whether goods not of acceptable quality – Whether false and misleading representations – Whether error of law – Whether leave to appeal should be granted Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) Australian Consumer Law (NSW) Cases Cited: Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Jackson v NSW Land and Housing Corporation [2014] NSWCATAP 22 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Houda and Mohamad Chamma (Appellants) DJC Furniture & Bedding Pty Ltd (Respondent) Representation: M Chamma (Applicants) K Ruhs (Respondent) File Number(s): AP 16/55728 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Consumer and Commercial Division Date of Decision: 24 November 2016 Before: B Shipp, Senior Member File Number(s): GEN 16/38757