Aitchison v Leichhardt Municipal Council [2002] NSWLEC 226

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Aitchison v Leichhardt Municipal Council [2002] NSWLEC 226 APPLICANT Andrew Aitchison PARTIES : RESPONDENT Leichhardt Municipal Council FILE NUMBER(S) : (1)0198 of 2002 CORAM: Talbot J KEY ISSUES: Evidence :- whether representative applicant can satisfy paramount duty to the Court as an expert witness pursuant to Expert Witness Practice Direction Practice and Procedure:- whether representative applicant can satisfy paramount duty to the Court as an expert witness pursuant to Expert Witness Practice Direction Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 38, s 38(2), s 38(3) Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 4, s 96, s 96(6), s 97 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 State Environmental Planning Policy No. 1 Expert Witness Practice Direction No. 20 cl 2, cl 5, cl 5(1), cl 18 Collins Thomson v Clayton [2002] NSWSC 366, unreported; Fagenblat v Feingold Partners Pty Ltd [2001] VSC 454, unreported; Field v Leeds City Council [1999] CPLR 833 ; CASES CITED: Kirsch Communications Pty Ltd v Gene Engineering Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 485, unreported; Liverpool Roman Catholic Archdiocesan Trustees Inc v Goldberg (No 3) [2001] 1 WLR 2337; Regina (Factortame Ltd and others) v Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (No 8) [2002] 3 WLR 1104; Steven v Gullis [2000] 1 All ER(CA) 527; Whitehouse v Jordan (H.L.(E.)) (1981) 1 WLR 246 DATES OF HEARING: 19/11/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/28/2002