Pickering Smash Repairs & F.A.O Rosie v Karagianis

[2017] QCAT 472

CITATION:	Pickering Smash Repairs & F.A.O Rosie v Karagianis [2017] QCAT 472
PARTIES:	Pickering Smash Repairs F.A.O Rosie
v
Achilles Karagianis

APPLICATION NUMBER: MCDO1400/17

MATTER TYPE: Other minor civil dispute matters

HEARING DATE: 17 November 2017

HEARD AT: Brisbane

DECISION OF: Chiu-Hing Chan

DELIVERED ON: 17 November 2017

DELIVERED AT: Brisbane

ORDERS MADE: 1)    Application to adjourn hearing is granted.

CATCHWORDS: PROCEDURE – CIVIL PROCEEDINGS IN STATE AND TERRITORY COURTS – COURT SUPERVISION – ADJOURNMENT – where application made to adjourn hearing – where respondent provided evidence of unavailability – where tribunal satisfied that an adjournment should be granted

REASONS FOR DECISION

Applicant’s Chamber Application

1. The tribunal received an application from the respondent on 15 November 2017 for an adjournment.

2. The tribunal note the reasons cited by the respondent for an adjournment was due to that fact he will be overseas at the time of the hearing until the 26^th of February 2018.

3. The tribunal was provided a screen shot of the airline ticket where the respondent will be travelling to Istanbul via Singapore at the time of the hearing.

4. Given the respondent will be unavailable at the time and having provided the evidence to support his unavailability, the tribunal hereby is satisfied that an adjournment should be granted until after the 26^th of February 2018 for the matter to be relisted until then.

5. The tribunal hereby grant an adjournment of the matter until after the 26^th of February 2018.