Slattery v Dunn (No 3) [2024] NSWLEC 110

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Slattery v Dunn (No 3) [2024] NSWLEC 110 Hearing dates: 21 October 2024 Date of orders: 24 October 2024 Decision date: 24 October 2024 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Pepper J Decision: See at [85]. Catchwords: COSTS: costs application where no final relief determined or granted only interlocutory relief – separate Class 2 proceedings in respect of similar subject matter commenced by first respondent rendered Class 4 proceedings otiose – interlocutory relief sought in Supreme Court and this Court due to jurisdictional constraints – Supreme Court proceedings transferred to this Court – what is the event in respect of the Class 4 proceedings – whether the event was the determination by Douglas AC in the Class 2 proceedings – whether the orders made in the Class 2 proceedings constitute a supervening event – applicable legal principles - whether applicant's entitlement to costs beyond those attributable to the initial grant of interlocutory relief properly arose in the Class 2 proceedings and should be sought in those proceedings where different costs considerations apply – effect of applicant's letters of compromise – effect of parties' Calderbank offers - respondents to pay the applicant's costs of the Class 4 proceedings. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, ss 56-60, 98 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, rr 20.26, 42.1, 42.2, 42.14, 42.20 Cases Cited: Ballina Shire Council v Leadbeatter [2023] NSWLEC 12 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 WLR 586 Commonwealth of Australia v Gretton [2008] NSWCA 117 Dibbs v Emirates (No 2) [2015] NSWSC 1786 Dunn v Slattery [2024] NSWLEC 1331 Edmonds v Barrington Winstanley Group Pty Ltd (No 2) [2023] NSWCA 197 Kiama Council v Grant [2006] NSWLEC 96; (2006) 143 LGERA 441 Koprivnjak v Koprivnjak (No 2) [2023] NSWCA 62 Latoudis v Casey [1990] HCA 59; (1990) 170 CLR 534 Nadilo v Eagleton [2021] NSWCA 232 Norbis v Norbis [1986] HCA 17; (1986) 161 CLR 513 Oshlack v Richmond River Council [1998] HCA 11; (1998) 193 CLR 72 Ralph Lauren 57 Pty Ltd v Byron Shire Council [2014] NSWCA 107; (2014) 199 LGERA 424 Re Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; ex parte Lai Qin [1997] HCA 6; (1997) 186 CLR 622 Slattery v Dunn [2023] NSWLEC 107 Slattery v Dunn [2023] NSWSC 1205 Slattery v Dunn (No 2) [2023] NSWLEC 128 Sze Tu v Lowe (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 91 Verde Terra Pty Ltd v Central Coast Council; Central Coast Council v Environment Authority (No 11) [2023] NSWLEC 110 Category: Costs Parties: Rhonda Slattery (Applicant)