Australia, May 30 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 30:

1. This is an appeal from a costs decision of the Consumer and Commercial Division of the Tribunal (Titterton SM OAM) involving a dispute under the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) (HB Act).

2. The decision under appeal is dated 2 July 2024. However, there was an earlier decision of 16 May 2024, that was set aside in the decision of 2 July 2024.

3. A Notice to Appeal was filed in the Appeal Panel of the Tribunal on 29 July 2024, with an Amended Notice of Appeal filed on 3 September 2024. The appeal has been filed with the requisite time period under r 25(4)(c) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW) (NCAT Rule...