Alexander Johnson v Sydney RV Group Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCATAP 206

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Alexander Johnson v Sydney RV Group Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCATAP 206 Hearing dates: 26 June 2019 Date of orders: 14 August 2019 Decision date: 14 August 2019 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: Dr R Dubler SC, Senior Member S Thode, Senior Member Decision: Appeal is dismissed. Catchwords: MOTOR VEHICLE – consumer law – ACL – fit for purpose – major failure – acceptable quality – whether error of law Legislation Cited: Australian Consumer Law Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) Motor Dealers and Repairers Act 2013 (NSW) Cases Cited: Director-General, Department of Finance and Services v Porter [2014] NSWCATAP 6 John Prendergast & Vanessa Prendergast v Western Murray Irrigation Ltd [2014] NSWCATAP 69 Safi v Hartland Motors t/as Hartland Chrysler [2016] NSWCATAP 80 Texts Cited: None Category: Principal judgment Parties: Alexander Johnson (Appellant) Sydney RV Group Pty Ltd (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Ms Savage (Appellant) Mr M Lowe (General Manager) (Respondent) File Number(s): AP19/18060 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Consumer and Commercial Division Citation: Not applicable Date of Decision: 11 April 2019 Before: T Simons, Principal Member File Number(s): MV 18/20817