Decisions table

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - adoption of referee's report - whether referee erred in finding proceedings statute barred - whether the "appeal" referred to in s 48A of the Home Building Act 1989 creates a separate cause of action - whether referee denied plaintiff procedural fairness - whether referee failed to give reasons for conclusions on quantum

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TORT - defamation - litigant in person brings proceedings against six defendants for an unspecified number of publications over a six-month period for which one set of imputations is pleaded - four successive statements of claim provided during application to strike out pleadings - whether proceedings should be summarily dismissed on the basis that publication had not been established - whether failure to plead the contents of the matters complained of (and which defendant) resulted in the proce

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Home Building Act warranties; application out of time; completion of building works; extension of time to file application to set aside an order of the Tribunal.

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Application for reinstatement – S 55(2)

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Appeal against Adjudicator’s order – appeal filed out of time – extension of time to file appeal

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Insurance Contract, appeal from

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COSTS - exceptions to the general rule that costs follow event - partial success - apportionment - costs of two notices of motion that related to previous costs orders - no leave granted to re-open issues dealt with in previous judgments

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STRATA SCHEMES - by-laws - by-law conferring exclusive use of common property in favour of entity who is not a lot owner - whether by-law may be made pursuant to general power of the body corporate to manage the common property - Strata Titles Act 1973 (NSW) s 58 - Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW) s 47 RETIREMENT VILLAGES - whether lot in a strata scheme used as a retirement village - no contractual relationship between owner of lot and operator of retirement village - Retirement Village

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Home Building Act , statutory warranties - foundation movement, Australian Standard AS 2870 - crack width categories - concrete pier footing - strip beam footing - skin friction - structural stabilisation - underpinning.

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TORT - plaintiff injured stepping into a gap in a moving grate on the defendant's premises - breach of duty of care admitted - compensable extent of plaintiff's injuries and disabilities in light of pre-accident history - limited current medical evidence - assessment of claimed heads of damage

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APPEAL - application for leave - failure to give adequate reasons - error of law accepted, but relief refused - decision supported by unchallenged evidence - no adequate basis to doubt correctness of

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Re-allocation of unit entitlement

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BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION - breach of statutory warranties in the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW), s 18B - reasonableness of owner's conduct after breach by builder - duty to mitigate - where builder refused to rectify defects - where owner lost confidence in builder - whether owner reasonable in rejecting later offer by builder to rectify defects - availability of damages for cost of rectification work

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PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - costs - application for personal costs order against solicitor - whether sufficient basis to make order where solicitor had advised making of application that had no reasonable prospects of success - application refused STRATA SCHEMES - proceedings between owners corporation and lot owners - application for personal costs order against compulsory strata managing agent for costs incurred and payable by owners corporation in connection with unsuccessful application and def

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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - judicial review - error of law - tribunal declined to reallocate unit entitlements in strata scheme - appeal to District Court - remittal to tribunal ordered on the basis that there was a failure to give reasons - whether an error of law disclosed in requiring the issue of control of strata scheme management to be considered on remittal REAL PROPERTY - strata titles - management and control - allocation of unit entitlements - power to reallocate units entitlements if origina

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PROCEDURE - application for summary dismissal of plaintiffs' claim under Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 13.4 - whether proceedings are frivolous or vexatious in nature - where plaintiffs do not have a caveatable interest in relevant land - whether plaintiffs have standing to seek relief under Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) ss 65, 66 - whether summons is an abuse of process. REAL PROPERTY - Torrens title - caveats against primary applications - whether lodgement of caveat either express

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PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Determination of separate questions - Whether a determination of the proposed set of questions will facilitate the just, quick and cheap resolution of the proceedings - Compensation to Relatives Action - Assessment of damages detailed and complex - - Promotion of settlement unlikely - Costs of separate question significant - No reason to displace usual course - No point of general principle

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Costs where proceedings settled without a hearing; Part heard proceedings

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PROCEDURE - civil - UCPR r 12.6 - whether consent or leave required to withdraw admission - whether subsequently filed list response impliedly withdraws admission made in original list response - where plaintiff "on notice"

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PROCEDURE - costs - departing from the general rule - general discretion as to costs - whether the court should "order otherwise" as to costs where plaintiff unsuccessful on several claims - application of Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 42.14 PROCEDURE - costs - costs of mediation - where mediation undertaken at consent direction of the Court - whether costs of mediation are costs in the proceedings PROCEDURE - costs - departing from the general rule - offers of compromise and Calder

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COSTS - whether costs should depart from the general rule costs as agreed or assessed - defendants treated as one defendant - Suitors' Fund Act 1951 - certificate granted

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Exclusive use by-law

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REAL PROPERTY - strata titles - by-laws - unauthorised works - whether owners corporation or lot owner should remove unauthorised works

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COSTS - management agreement containing alternate dispute resolution clause entered into by plaintiff and defendant - defendant terminates contract and refuses to participate in alternate dispute resolution process - plaintiff commences proceedings seeking damages and orders in relation to failure to participate in alternate dispute resolution - plaintiff unsuccessful at trial - whether defendant entitled to costs despite refusing to participate in alternate dispute resolution process - whether

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Error arising from an accidental slip or omission

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Not functioning satisfactorily

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Limitation period

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Transitional provisions

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Costs

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Costs

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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NSW) - transitional provisions - whether Appeal Panel has jurisdiction WORDS & PHRASES - "part heard proceedings" - Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), Schedule 1, Division 3, cl 6(1)

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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - judicial review - construction of Home Building Act 1989, s 48K - jurisdiction of Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal - whether plaintiff was denied procedural fairness - whether Tribunal had jurisdiction to deal with claim for an amount exceeding $500,000 - whether Tribunal fell into jurisdictional error in dismissing proceedings without considering challenge to its jurisdiction or the plaintiff's application for transfer of proceedings to Supreme Court - jurisdictional e

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Costs; Unheard proceedings

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BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION - Referees' Reports - adoption - whether referee took correct approach in reaching his determination - whether to adopt referee's report with variations PROCEDURE - Interest - Pre

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CTTT Appeal - denial of procedural fairness - insufficiency of evidence and reasons - exercise of discretion

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PROCEDURE - application for dismissal of proceedings under UCPR, r 42.21(3) for failure to comply with an order for the payment of security as to costs - application to vary security for costs order - whether plaintiff can apply to pay security in instalments - whether sufficient evidence of intent to pay presented - whether sufficient evidence of ability to pay security presented - whether significant change of financial circumstances justifies plaintiff's application to vary orders

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CONTRACT - claim for damages by manager following termination of services agreement as caretaker of strata complex for retired and disabled residents - whether contract breached by manager in failing to live on the premises - whether notices of "serious breach" and termination effective - whether either party repudiated the contract - "business common sense"

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DAMAGES - assessment of damages for defective building work - no question of principle.

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REMEDIES - injunction - interlocutory injunction - serious question to be tried - balance of convenience - injunction granted upon conditions REAL PROPERTY - strata schemes - alleged invalidity of resolutions to amend by-laws

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CASE MANAGEMENT - re-opening - after hearing - after reasons published - discretionary considerations CASE MANAGEMENT - finality of litigation - importance of - public interest REAL PROPERTY - strata titles - section 80D of the Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW) - purported ratification of legal proceedings commenced by owners corporation - principles - ratification after hearing

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PROCEDURE - Subpoenas - Application to set aside - Waiver of legal professional privilege - Was privilege waived by failure of counsel to object to questions in cross-examination?

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Ratification, Illegality, Section 80D of the Strata Schemes Management Act, 1996.

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PROCEDURE - civil - when a court should exercise power to strike out a claim in a List Statement - when there is no reasonable cause of action - NEGLIGENCE - whether a contractor owes a non-delegable duty of care in respect of activities of a subcontractor - no duty owed where contractor engages a subcontractor to carry out a non-hazardous part of construction project

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JUDGMENTS & ORDERS - Judgments - Summary

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Invalid resolution, resolution made in contravention of law

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Debt, fraud on a minority, recovery action by Owners Corporation

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