Charitable Islamic Association of Beirut City Incorporated v The Owners Strata Plan No 75506 [2018] NSWCATAP 207

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Charitable Islamic Association of Beirut City Incorporated v The Owners Strata Plan No 75506 [2018] NSWCATAP 207 Hearing dates: 7 March 2018 Date of orders: 10 September 2018 Decision date: 10 September 2018 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: S Higgins, Senior Member S Thode, Senior Member Decision: (1) The appellant's application for leave to appeal is refused. (2) Appeal dismissed. Catchwords: APPEAL – whether Tribunal below erred in the exercise of its discretion to refuse an adjournment application made at the commencement of the hearing below – no error of the exercise of discretion established Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 Cases Cited: Chen v Baxter [2014] NSWCATAP 50 Donna O'Neil v T and I Engines Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCATAP 77 House v R (1936) 55 CLR 499 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Charitable Islamic Association of Beirut City Incorporated (Appellant) The Owners Strata Plan No 75506 (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Knoll AM (Appellant) M Klooster (Respondent)

Solicitors: Strata Specialist Lawyers (Appellant) Kerin Benson Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): AP 17/54206 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Consumer and Commercial Division Date of Decision: 23 November 2017 Before: D Charles, Senior Member File Number(s): SC 17/21877