Australia, April 13 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 13:
1. McHUGH JA: By an amended summons filed on 19 November 2024, the plaintiff seeks judicial review of a decision of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (the Tribunal) given in its Consumer and Commercial Division on 19 June 2024. That decision dismissed the plaintiff's claim for compensation arising out of the circumstances set out below.
2. This would have been a strong case for exercising the power in s 34(1)(c) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) (the CAT Act) to refuse to conduct a judicial review of the Tribunal's decision. However, one of the reasons for exercising the s 34(1)(c)...