Voicu v The Owners Strata Plan 1624

The applicant, Mr. Voicu, sought to appeal a decision of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The dispute concerned the Registrar's refusal to grant leave to appeal against an order made by a judge of the Supreme Court. The appeal was heard by White JA in the Court of Appeal of New South Wales.

The primary legal issue before White JA was whether the Registrar had erred in refusing leave to appeal. This required consideration of the criteria for granting leave to appeal from a Registrar's decision, particularly in circumstances where no arguable point of principle was raised.

White JA reasoned that the Registrar's decision was correct. The applicant had failed to demonstrate any error in the Registrar's assessment that there was no arguable point of principle justifying the grant of leave to appeal. The Court of Appeal's jurisdiction to review such decisions is limited, and the applicant did not meet the threshold for intervention.

Consequently, the applicant's notice of motion filed on 16 September 2019 was dismissed, and Mr. Voicu was ordered to pay the costs of the respondent, The Owners Strata Plan 1624.