Belongil Progress Association Inc v Byron Shire Council & Anor [2000] NSWLEC 118

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Belongil Progress Association Inc v Byron Shire Council & Anor [2000] NSWLEC 118 APPLICANT Belongil Progress Association Inc PARTIES : RESPONDENTS Byron Shire Council & Anor FILE NUMBER(S) : 40050 of 1999 CORAM: Cowdroy J KEY ISSUES: Costs :- apportionment of costs between two defendants - applicant establishing breaches of the provisions of the EP&A Act in the formulation of a planning instrument - applicant establishing breach by second respondent - apportionment of costs in the exercise of the Court's discretion LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Australian Conservation Foundation v Forestry Commission (1988) 81 ALR 166; Cretazzo v Lombardi (1975) 13 SASR 4 ; Cummings v Lewis (1993) 113 ALR 285; Dodds Family Investments Pty Limited v Lang Industries Pty Limited & Ors 26 IPR 261 ; Hughes v Western Australian Cricket Association (Inc.) (1986) 8 ATPR 40-748; CASES CITED: J-Corp Pty Ltd v Australian Builders Labourers Federated Union of Workers, Western Australian Branch & Anor (No 2) [1992] 46 IR 301 ; Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; Lyster v Camberwell City Council (1989) 69 LGRA 250 ; Mok Gek Bouy v Minister for Immigration, Local Government & Ethnic Affairs & Anor (1993) Vol 47 FCR 1 ; Queensland Wire Industries Pty Limited v BHP Co Limited (1987) 17 FCR 211 ; Re v Elgindata Ltd [No 2] [1992] 1 WLR 1207 ; Trade Practices Commission v Nicholas Enterprises Pty Ltd (No 3) 28 ALR 201 DATES OF HEARING: 2/6/00 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/15/2000