Babic v De Souza [2019] NSWCATAP 279

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Babic v De Souza [2019] NSWCATAP 279 Hearing dates: 12 September 2019 Date of orders: 22 November 2019 Decision date: 22 November 2019 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: G K Burton SC, Senior Member K Ransome, Senior Member Decision: (1) Extension of time to appeal is granted to and including date of lodgement of notice of appeal. (2) Leave to Appeal is refused. (3) Appeal is dismissed. (4) Appellant is to pay the respondents' costs of the appeal on the ordinary basis as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: Consumer claim - clinical anaesthetic services in hospital - alleged breach of consumer guarantees Legislation Cited: Australian Consumer Law (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) Cases Cited: AAI Ltd t/as GIO v McGiffen (2016) 77 MVR 348, [2016] NSWCA 229 at [81] Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Cervantes (2012) 61 MVR 443, [2012] NSWCA 244 Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 Burns v Corbett [2018] HCA 15 CEO of Customs v AMI Toyota Ltd (2000) 102 FCR 578 Chappel v Hart (1998) 195 CLR 232, [1998] HCA 55 Collins v Urban [2014] NSWCATAP 17 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 Eadie v Harvey [2017] NSWCATAP 201 Ferraro v DBN Holdings Aust PL t/as Sports Auto Group [2015] FCA 1127 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Jegatheeswaran v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs (2001) 194 ALR 263, [2001] FCA 865 Johnson v Dibbin; Gatsby v Gatsby [2018] NSWCA 254 Ku-ring-gai Council v Chan [2017] NSWCA 226 OC SP 68751 v CA DP 270281 [2015] NSWCATCD 99 Lee v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force [2017] NSWSC 1849 Legal Profession Complaints Committee v Rayney [2017] WASCA 78 Mifsud v Campbell (1991) 21 NSWLR 725 at 728 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li (2013) 249 CLR 332 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW [2018] HCA 30 Owen v Kim [2017] NSWCATAP 26 Paul v Cooke (2013) 85 NSWLR 167, [2013] NSWCA 311 Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd v Economic Regulation Authority [2014] WASC 346 Pollard v RRR Corporation Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 110 Prendergast v Western Murray Irrigation Ltd [2014] NSWCATAP 69 Rodger v De Gelder (2015) 71 MVR 514, [2015] NSWCA 211 at [86] Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 205 CLR 434, [2001] HCA 18 Ryan v BKB Motor Vehicle Repairs Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCATAP 39 Safi v Heartland Motors PL t/as Heartland Chrysler [2016] NSWCATAP 80 Wehi v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1176 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Miro Babic (Appellant) Cyrus Ian De Souza (First Respondent) AME Properties PL atf AME Property Trust t/as St George Private Hospital (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Conomos (Appellant) A Saxton, Solicitor (First Respondent)