Kostov v St Vincent de Paul Housing Trading as Amelie Housing and Anor; Kostov v St Vincent de Paul Housing trading as Amelie Housing [2018] NSWSC 1581

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Kostov v St Vincent de Paul Housing Trading as Amelie Housing and Anor; Kostov v St Vincent de Paul Housing trading as Amelie Housing [2018] NSWSC 1581 Hearing dates: 18 October 2018 Date of orders: 18 October 2018 Decision date: 18 October 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Johnson J Decision: See [57], [58], [65]. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE - appeals from NCAT and Local Court - tenancy dispute before NCAT - related claim for damages in Local Court - limited statutory appeals to Supreme Court - Plaintiff a legally qualified litigant in person - Defendant a crisis accommodation service - duties of litigants and Court under s.56 Civil Procedure Act 2005 - orders made for substitution and removal of Defendants - further orders made to facilitate the just, quick and cheap resolution of the real issues in the proceedings Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Civil Procedure Act 2005 Local Court Act 2007 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Kostov v Ecclesia Housing (No 2) [2018] NSWCATAP 215 Kostov v Ecclesia Housing Limited (No 3) [2018] NSWCATAP 221 Kostov v Ecclesia Housing Limited (No 4) [2018] NSWCATAP 241 Kostov v Ecclesia Housing Limited [2018] NSWCATAP 196 Texts Cited: --- Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: 2018/300259: Adriana Kostov (Plaintiff) St Vincent De Paul Housing trading as Amelie Housing (First Defendant) Women's and Girls' Emergency Centre Inc (Second Defendant)