The Owners – Strata Plan 60590 v Whitman [2019] NSWCATAP 269

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: The Owners – Strata Plan 60590 v Whitman [2019] NSWCATAP 269 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 07 November 2019 Decision date: 07 November 2019 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: P Durack, SC, Senior Member S Thode, Senior Member Decision: 1. Each party's application for costs of the whole or part of the appeal is dismissed, with no order for costs of the costs applications. 2. If any party seeks a different order in respect of the costs of the costs applications to that set out in Order 1 they are to write to the Appeal Panel with the order sought and short reasons for such order, along with agreed directions for submissions about such an order. Catchwords: APPEAL – costs Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 Cases Cited: Edwards v Commissioner for Fair Trading, Department of Customer Service (Costs) [2019] NSWCATAP 249 Category: Costs Parties: The Owners – Strata Plan 60590 (Appellant) Lisa Whitman (First Respondent) John Whitman (Second Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Grace Lawyers Pty Ltd (Appellant) Watson & Watson (Respondents) File Number(s): AP 19/07832 Publication restriction: None Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Civil & Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Consumer and Commercial Date of Decision: 17 January 2019 Before: J Smith – General Member File Number(s): SC 18/43794