Dimis v Commissioner for Fair Trading, Department of Finance, Services and Innovation [2018] NSWCATOD 129

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Dimis v Commissioner for Fair Trading, Department of Finance, Services and Innovation [2018] NSWCATOD 129 Hearing dates: 17 July 2018 Date of orders: 17 July 2018 Decision date: 17 July 2018 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: D Dinnen, Senior Member Decision: The Respondent's decision is affirmed Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – merits review - Home Building Act 1989 - Contractor Licence – 'fit and proper person' – criminal convictions - referee statements Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunals Act 2013 Crimes Act 1900 Home Building Act 1989 Cases Cited: Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 Borovina v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2007] NSWADT 80 Cooper v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2016] NSWCATOD 15 Grenfell v Director General Department of Finance and Services [2013] NSWADT 57 Hughes and Vale Pty Ltd v The State of New South Wales (1955) 93 CLR 127 McEvoy v Director General of the Department of Fair Trading [2000] NSWLEC 183 Poytress v Director General, NSW Fair Trading [2015] NSWCATOD 100 Saadieh v Director General, Department of Transport [1999] NSWADT 68 Saleh v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2015] NSWCATOD 68 Sobey v Commercial and Private Agents Board [1979] 22 SASR 70 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Michael Dimis (Applicant) Commissioner for Fair Trading, Department of Finance, Services and Innovation (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Keystone Lawyers (Applicant) NSW Fair Trading (Respondent) File Number(s): 2018/00138057