The Court dismissed a self-represented applicant's motion seeking to stay or set aside standard case management directions made by a Registrar in a Class 1 Building Information Certificate appeal, and refused to compel the respondent council to reformulate its statement of facts and contentions. The Court held that the council's SOFAC was clear and appropriately detailed, and that the Registrar's directions for expert conferencing and joint reports were appropriate case management orders for this type of appeal. The applicant's substantive arguments about historical lawfulness of the dwelling and the correct legal framework for assessing the BIC were not determined, as the Court found the applicant was impermissibly seeking to run the merits of the appeal on an interlocutory motion.
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