McDonnell v The Owners Strata Plan No 64191 (No. 2) [2020] NSWCATAP 16

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: McDonnell v The Owners Strata Plan No 64191 (No. 2) [2020] NSWCATAP 16 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 31 January 2020 Decision date: 31 January 2020 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: P. Durack, Senior Member D. Goldstein, Senior Member Decision: (1) The appellants must pay the respondent's Owners Strata Plan No 64191 costs of the Appeal from 26 April 2019, to 26 June 2019, such costs if not agreed to be assessed on the basis set out in the legal costs legislation as defined in section 3A of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014. (2) The appellants must pay sixty percent (60%) of the respondent's costs of the Appeal from 27 June 2019 to 2 July 2019, such costs if not agreed to be assessed on the basis set out in the legal costs legislation as defined in section 3A of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014. Catchwords: COSTS – Special circumstances – Abandonment of Grounds of Appeal Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 Cases Cited: ACT Builders v Haridemos (No 2) [2016] NSWCATAP 118 McDonnell v The Owners Strata Plan No 64191 [2019] NSWCATAP 172 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Costs Parties: Peter Robert McDonnell (First Appellant) Janette Carolyn McDonnell (Second Appellant) The Owners Strata Plan No 64191 (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Grace Lawyers (Respondent) Applicant (Self Represented) File Number(s): AP 19/19571 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Consumer and Commercial Citation: Nil Date of Decision: 01 April 2019 Before: S Thode, Senior Member File Number(s): SC 18/39119