Black Hill Residents Group Incorporated v Marist Youth Care Limited (t/as Marist180) [2020] NSWLEC 82

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Black Hill Residents Group Incorporated v Marist Youth Care Limited (t/as Marist180) [2020] NSWLEC 82 Hearing dates: 18 December 2019, 3 February 2020 (written submissions), 10 February 2020 (written submissions in reply), 20 March 2020 Decision date: 30 June 2020 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Pain J Decision: See [159]-[160] of judgment Catchwords: PROCEDURE – whether civil enforcement proceedings competently commenced by incorporated association Legislation Cited: Associations Incorporation Act 1984 (NSW) ss 8, 9, 21 Associations Incorporation Act 2009 (NSW) ss, 3, 4, Pt 2 Div 1 (ss 6, 8), ss 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, Pt 4 Div 1 (ss 28, 29, 30, 30A, 30B), ss 34, Div 3 (ss 37, 38), ss 50, 54, 55, 96, 104, Sch 2 (cl 2) Associations Incorporation Regulation 2016 (NSW) regs 11, 12, 14,18, 96, Sch 1 (cll 1, 2, 3, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 24, 25, 26, 29) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) ss 56, 90 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 58AA, 263, 1322 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) s 9.45, former ss 79, 98 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) ss 32, 33 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW) ss 5, 16, 22, 23 Land and Environment Court Rules 2007 (NSW) r 7.7 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 2.1, 14.28, 36.1 Cases Cited: Ahmed v Chowdhury [2012] NSWSC 1452 Arnold v Minister Administering the Water Management Act 2000 (2007) 157 LGERA 379; [2007] NSWLEC 531 Cambodian Buddhist Society of NSW & Anor v Meng Eang Thai [2017] NSWSC 1433 Christian Revival Crusade Inc v Milne (2007) 252 LSJS 113; [2007] SADC 125 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1981) 147 CLR 297; [1981] HCA 26 Darley Australia Pty Ltd v Walfertan Processors Pty Ltd (2012) 188 LGERA 26; [2012] NSWCA 48 GPT Re Ltd v Belmorgan Property Development Pty Ltd (2008) NSWLR 72; [2008] NSWCA 256 Islamic Association of Western Suburbs Sydney Inc v Survery [2008] NSWSC 77 Kraus v JG Lloyd Pty Ltd [1965] VR 232 Luen Fook Tong Inc v Lowe [2011] NSWSC 1004 Massey v Wales; Massey v Cooney (2003) 57 NSWLR 718; [2003] NSWCA 212 McEvoy v Body Corporate for No 9 Port Douglas Road (2013) LT(A)R 326; [2013] QCA 168 Mine Subsidence Board v Wambo Coal Pty Ltd (2007) 154 LGERA 60; [2007] NSWCA 137 Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act 1989 v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (2018) 231 LGERA 145; [2018] NSWLEC 26 National Parks and Wildlife Service v Stables Perisher Pty Ltd (1990) 20 NSWLR 573 NTL Australia Pty Ltd v Minister for Land and Water Conservation (2001) 112 LGERA 403; [2001] NSWLEC 5 Owners of Strata Plan 57164 v Yau (2017) 96 NSWLR 587; [2017] NSWCA 341 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; [1998] HCA 28 Qube Holdings Ltd v Residents Against Intermodal Development Moorebank Inc (2017) 96 NSWLR 80; [2017] NSWCA 250 Residents Against Intermodal Development Moorebank Incorporated v Minister for Planning (2017) 228 LGERA 15; [2017] NSWLEC 115 Roden v Bandora Holdings Pty Ltd (2015) 213 LGERA 103; [2015] NSWLEC 191 Saad v Doumeny Holdings Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 893 Sengthong v Lao Buddhist Society of NSW Incorporated [2016] NSWSC 1408 Waugh Hotel Management Pty Ltd v Marrickville Council (2009) 171 LGERA 112; [2009] NSWCA 390 Texts Cited: Associations Incorporation Bill 2009 (NSW) D C Pearce and R S Geddes, Statutory Interpretation in Australia (9th ed, 2019, LexisNexis Butterworths) G E Dal Pont, Law of Associations (2018, LexisNexis Butterworths) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Black Hill Residents Group Incorporated INC1900196 (Applicant) Marist Youth Care Limited (t/as Marist180) (First Respondent) Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services (Second Respondent) Representation: COUNSEL: A Fairbairn, agent (Applicant) P Tomasetti SC and J Doyle (First Respondent) J McKelvey (Second Respondent)