Hopkins v Tamworth Regional Council [2024] NSWLEC 142

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hopkins v Tamworth Regional Council [2024] NSWLEC 142 Hearing dates: 19 December 2024 Date of orders: 19 December 2024 Decision date: 20 December 2024 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Pepper J Decision: Notice of motion dismissed. Costs reserved. Catchwords: INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATION: application for interim injunctive relief in Class 4 judicial review proceedings – legal principles – whether proceedings brought out of time - whether a serious question to be tried – no serious question to be tried - balance of convenience against granting interim injunction – application dismissed – costs reserved – no evidence that proceedings brought in the public interest warranting a different costs order. Legislation Cited: Aboriginal Lands Rights Act 1983 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, ss 5.1, 5.5, 5.10, 9.46, Pt 5 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021, cl 171 Land and Environment Court Rules 2007, r 4.2 State Environmental Planning Policy (Transport and Infrastructure) 2021, r 13.4 Tamworth Regional Local Environmental Plan 2010 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, rr 13.4, 14.28, 59.10 Cases Cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill [2006] HCA 46; (2006) 227 CLR 57 Beecham Group Ltd v Bristol Laboratories Pty Ltd [1968] HCA 1; (1968) 118 CLR 618 Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia [1986] HCA 58; 161 CLR 148 Hubbard v Vosper [1972] 2 QB 84 Kolback Securities Ltd v Epoch Mining NL (1987) 8 NSWLR 533 Palm Beach Protection Group Inc v Northern Beaches Council [2020] NSWLEC 156; (2020) 250 LGERA 212 Seek Justice Pty Ltd v Blue Mountains City Council [2021] NSWLEC 42 South East Forest Rescue Incorporated INC9894030 v Forestry Corporation of New South Wales [2024] NSWLEC 7 South East Forest Rescue Incorporated v Forestry Corporation of New South Wales [2024] NSWCA 64 Tegra (NSW) Pty Ltd v Gundagai Shire Council [2007] NSWLEC 806; (2007) 160 LGERA 1 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Benjamin Hopkins (Applicant) Tamworth Regional Council (First Respondent) Fleetwood Urban Pty Ltd (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: N/A (Applicant) C Koikas (First Respondent) N/A (Second Respondent)