Townsend v Setchell [2018] NSWCATAP 259

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Townsend v Setchell [2018] NSWCATAP 259 Hearing dates: 27 June 2018 Date of orders: 02 November 2018 Decision date: 02 November 2018 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: S Higgins, Senior Member T Simon, Senior Member Decision: The appellant's application for time to be extended within which she is to lodge her Notice of Appeal is refused. Catchwords: APPEAL – Notice of Appeal – filed outside of the prescribed time – whether discretion to grant an extension of time should be granted – Appeal Panel not in a position to assess whether the appellant had an arguable case because, despite being directed to do so, the appellant failed to file and serve the sound recording of the Tribunal's oral reasons for decision or copies of the material that was before the Tribunal below – extension of time refused Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW) Cases Cited: Jackson v NSW Land and Housing Corporation [2015] NSWCATAP 281 Knezevic v Kirby [2017] NSWCATAP 190 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Lisa Annette Townsend (appellant) Gary Setchell (respondent) Representation: Appellant in person Respondent in person File Number(s): AP18/14721 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Civil and Administrative Tribunal of New South Wales Jurisdiction: Commercial and Consumer Division Citation: [20187 NSWCATCCD Date of Decision: 20 December 2017 Before: R Harris, Tribunal Member File Number(s): RT17/42624