Podolsky v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2020] NSWSC 460

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Podolsky v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2020] NSWSC 460 Hearing dates: 27 April 2020; on the papers Decision date: 28 April 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Adamson J Decision: (1) Refuse leave to the plaintiff to appeal against the decision of McIntyre LCM of 30 January 2020.

(2) Order the plaintiff to pay the defendants' costs of the proceedings in this Court.

(3) Remit the matter to the Local Court for determination. Catchwords: APPEALS — Application for leave to appeal from Local Court to Supreme Court — interlocutory order — whether leave to appeal ought be granted — leave to appeal refused Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 98, Pt 6 Local Court Act 2007 (NSW), s 40 Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW), ss 50, 52 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 14.14, 14.28, 15.1 Cases Cited: Banque Commerciale SA (En Liqn) v Akhil Holdings Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 279; [1990] HCA 11 Carolan v AMF Bowling Pty Ltd [1995] NSWCA 69 R v Baker [2000] NSWCCA 85 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ivan Podolsky (Plaintiff) New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation (First Defendant) St George Community Housing Ltd (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Plaintiff) N Simpson (First Defendant) A Langshaw (Second Defendant)