Welsh v Lawbeach Pty Ltd
[2021] NSWCATAP 313
At a glance
Source factsCourt
NCAT Appeal Panel
Decision date
2021-09-13
Source
Original judgment source is linked above.
Judgment (14 paragraphs)
Introduction
- This appeal is in relation to a decision made in the Consumer and Commercial Division of the Tribunal in which the Tribunal made a work order in favour of the appellant in respect of a defective retaining wall, and a money order requiring the respondent to pay the appellant $2320.72 in respect of defective tiling.
- The appellant is appealing the order that the respondent pay the appellant $2,320.72.
- For reasons that follow we have allowed the appeal. We have decided to set aside the money order and to substitute it for an order that the respondent pay the appellant $11,320.
Appearances
- Mr Welsh attended the telephone hearing of the appeal in person.
- There was no appearance by the respondent. There appears on the file a notice of hearing addressed to the respondent notifying it of the time and place of hearing. Having reviewed the file we are satisfied that the respondent is aware of these proceedings and is on notice of the hearing.
- At the commencement of the hearing we made several attempts to telephone the respondent's director, Mr Pettiford, but the calls were unanswered and went through to voicemail.
- In these circumstances, and in the absence of any explanation by the respondent for its non-attendance at the appeal hearing, the hearing of the appeal proceeded in the absence of the respondent.