NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Kindimindi Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Cove Council & Anor [2006] NSWLEC 17
APPLICANT Kindimindi Investments Pty Limited PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Lane Cove Council SECOND RESPONDENT Fabcot Pty Limited
FILE NUMBER(S) : 40405 of 2005
CORAM: Cowdroy J
KEY ISSUES: Costs :- public interest litigation - discretion of court to award costs - role of the Council in proceedings - finality of decision - proceedings not brought for private financial gain - award of costs in favour of one respondent
LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 69, s 123 Lane Cove Local Environmental Plan 1987 cl 19F
Kindimindi Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Cove Council and Anor [2005] NSWLEC 398; Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534 ; CASES CITED: Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 ; Save the Showground for Sydney Inc v Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning (1998) 105 LGERA 254; South-West Forest Defence Foundation Inc v Executive Director, Department of Conservation and Land Management (WA) (No 2) (1998) 101 LGERA 114
DATES OF HEARING: 14/11/2005
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 02/01/2006
APPLICANT I Hemmings SOLICITORS Hones Lawyers FIRST RESPONDENT M Craig QC LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: SOLICITORS Wilshire Webb
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate