Lal v Jardak Construction Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCATAP 224

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lal v Jardak Construction Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCATAP 224 Hearing dates: 21 November 2017 Date of orders: 21 November 2017 Decision date: 21 November 2017 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: G K Burton SC, Senior Member J S Currie, Senior Member Decision: (1) Appeal dismissed.

(2) Order that the appellant is to pay the respondent's costs of the appeal as agreed or assessed on the indemnity basis. Catchwords: Home Building – duty to self-represented litigant – costs offer better than result – conduct of proceedings Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) Cases Cited: Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Gallo v Duflou [2014] NSWCATAP 115 Cheung v Yang [2013] NSWSC 1694 Bauskis v Liew [2013] NSWCA 297 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jitendra Lal and RD Lal (Appellant) Jardak Construction Pty Ltd (Respondent) Representation: M Hamed, Solicitor (Appellant) R Ung, Solicitor (Respondent) File Number(s): AP 17/42064 and AP 17/42070 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Consumer and Commercial Division Date of Decision: 18 September 2017 Before: M Eftimiou, General Member File Number(s): HB 17/18956 and HB 17/25191