3 Sept 2015
The High Court lacked jurisdiction because a refusal of leave to apply for a parenting order under s 47 COCA is interlocutory and an appeal against it requires leave under s 143(3) COCA which was not obtained; alternatively, even on the merits the Family Court did not err in declining leave and the decision was consistent with the child's best interests.
16 Sept 2011
The appeal was struck out because the appellant's application and notice of appeal amounted to an attempt to re-litigate issues finally determined by the 23 December 2008 judgment, were vexatious and an abuse of process, and Cooper J's order dismissing the High Court application was therefore appropriate; the recusal application lacked merit; indemnity costs were awarded to the respondents.
12 Dec 2007
The appeal is allowed in part: the High Court set aside the District Court's rent quantum judgment because contractual arbitration must determine the reviewed rent once invoked; however the District Court's award of indemnity/solicitor-client costs against the guarantor is upheld because the guarantee and lease clauses unambiguously expose the guarantor to full indemnity costs incurred in enforcement and there was no evidence the costs were unreasonable.