Boomerang & Blueys Residents Group Inc v New South Wales Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and MidCoast Council (No 3) [2020] NSWLEC 150

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Boomerang & Blueys Residents Group Inc v New South Wales Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and MidCoast Council (No 3) [2020] NSWLEC 150 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 30 October 2020 Decision date: 30 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Robson J Decision: See orders at [129] Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — Exceptions to general rule that costs follow the event — Land and Environment Court — Whether proceedings brought in the public interest — Where applicant additionally sought costs in relation to interlocutory matters and discrete issues in the proceedings — Whether applicant should bear more than one set of costs Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) ss 11, 98 Coastal Protection Act 1979 (NSW) (repealed) Great Lakes Coastal Zone Management Plan Land and Environment Court Rules 2007 (NSW) r 4.2 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Sch 2 rr 1.7, 42.1, 42.7, 42.8, 59.10 Cases Cited: Anderson on behalf of Numbahjing Clan within the Bundjalung Nation v NSW Minister for Planning (No 2) [2008] NSWLEC 272; (2008) 163 LGERA 132 Boomerang & Blueys Residents Group Inc v New South Wales Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and MidCoast Council [2019] NSWLEC 201 Boomerang & Blueys Residents Group Inc v New South Wales Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and MidCoast Council (No 2) [2019] NSWLEC 202 Boomerang & Blueys Residents Group Inc v New South Wales Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government [2018] NSWLEC 139 Caroona Coal Action Group Inc v Coal Mines Australia Pty Ltd (No 3) [2010] NSWLEC 59; (2010) 173 LGERA 280 Engadine Area Traffic Action Group Inc v Sutherland Shire Council (No 2) [2004] NSWLEC 434; (2004) 136 LGERA 365 HP Mercantile Pty Ltd v Hartnett [2017] NSWCA 79 In the matter of Optimisation Australia Pty Ltd (Costs) [2018] NSWSC 280 In the matter of Reed Constructions Australia Pty Ltd (in Liquidation) – Walley v Chubb Insurance Australia Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1007; (2019) 372 ALR 684 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; [1990] HCA 59 Local Democracy Matters Incorporated v Infrastructure NSW (No 2) [2019] NSWCA 118 Muswellbrook Shire Council v Hunter Valley Energy Coal Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 216; (2019) 238 LGERA 295 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72; [1998] HCA 11 Pages Property Investments Pty Ltd v Boros [2019] NSWSC 1778 People for the Plains Incorporated v Santos NSW (Eastern) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017] NSWCA 157 R v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal; Ex parte Hardiman (1980) 144 CLR 13; [1980] HCA 13 Statham v Shepard (No 2) (1974) 23 FLR 244 Sze Tu v Lowe (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 91 The Pharmacy Guild of Australia v Ramsay Health Care Ltd (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 1398 Verde Terra Pty Ltd v Central Coast Council; Central Coast Council v Verde Terra Pty Ltd (No 5) [2020] NSWLEC 48 Category: Costs Parties: Boomerang & Blueys Residents Group Inc (Applicant) New South Wales Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (First Respondent) MidCoast Council (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: K Coleman, solicitor (Applicant) N Hammond (First Respondent) J Lazarus SC (Second Respondent)