Huang v The Owners of Strata Plan No 7632 [2020] NSWSC 488

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Huang v The Owners of Strata Plan No 7632 [2020] NSWSC 488 Hearing dates: 16 August 2019 Date of orders: 01 May 2020 Decision date: 05 May 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Walton J Decision: The Court confirms its orders of 1 May 2020. Catchwords: APPEAL – appeal from Local Court – appeal from costs – costs assessment under s 352(1) of the Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) – review decision – continued application of the Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) – costs order in Local Court – saving and transitional provisions of the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act – jurisdiction of Court – cost assessment and review appeal decision – whether amended summons brought out of time – application to extend time – refusal to extend time Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) District Court Act 1973 (NSW) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (Vic) Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Regulation 2015 (NSW) Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Currabubula v State Bank NSW [2000] NSWCA 232 Jingalong Pty Ltd v Todd [2014] NSWCA 330 Wende v Howarth (2014) 86 NSWLR 674; [2014] NSWCA 170 Category: Costs Parties: Yu Huang (First Plaintiff) Cui'e Zhao (Second Plaintiff) The Owners of Strata Plan No 7632 (First Defendant) XLR8D Solutions Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: C Purdy (First Defendant)