Bardot v Horowitz [2013] NSWADT 283

Bardot v Horowitz [2013] NSWADT 283

The application was dismissed because it was lodged out of time, the applicant failed to raise the claims in previous proceedings, and the claims properly belonged to the tenant company, not the applicant. The applicant was also ordered to pay the respondent's costs due to these failures and in fairness under the cost provisions.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
09 December 2013
Procedural Posture
Application / Principal Judgment
Outcome
Application dismissed; applicant to pay respondent's costs.
Legal Topics
['unconscionable Conduct' 'abuse of Process' 'limitation Periods' 'res Judicata' 'issue Estoppel']

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Procedural Posture

Application / Principal Judgment

  1. 1 ['Whether the application was lodged out of time under the Retail Leases Act 1994' 'Whether the applicant failed to raise claims in previous proceedings and is barred by abuse of process' 'Whether the claims properly belong to the lessee company rather than the applicant']

Ratio Decidendi

The application was dismissed because it was lodged out of time, the applicant failed to raise the claims in previous proceedings, and the claims properly belonged to the tenant company, not the applicant. The applicant was also ordered to pay the respondent's costs due to these failures and in fairness under the cost provisions.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed; applicant to pay respondent's costs.

Orders

  • ['The Application of Bessie Mahalia Bardot filed 27 August 2013 is dismissed' "The Applicant must pay the Respondent's costs of and incidental to opposing the application, such costs to be as agreed or as assessed"]