Clayton Jacobson and Lee Anne McMillan v Ballina Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 114

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Clayton Jacobson and Lee Anne McMillan v Ballina Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 114

APPLICANTS Clayton Jacobson and Lee Anne McMillan PARTIES : RESPONDENT Ballina Shire Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 21462 of 2004

CORAM: Jagot J

KEY ISSUES: Practice and Procedure :- Application to set aside consent orders; implied and ostensible authority of solicitor to compromise proceedings; statutory and inherent jurisdiction to set aside perfected orders

Evidence Act 1995 s 8, s 131(2) Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 38(1), s 38(2) LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Rules 1996 Pt 15 r 4, Pt 15 r 9 Local Government Act 1993 s 124, s 180 Local Government (Approvals) Regulation 1999 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

Bailey v Marinoff (1971) 125 CLR 529; DJL v The Central Authority (2000) 201 CLR 226; Emily Joan Harvey v Coralie Ngarita Phillips and Another (1956) 95 CLR 235; In re Newen; Carruthers v Newen [1903] 1 Ch 812; Lewis v Combell Constructions Pty Ltd (1989) 18 NSWLR 528; Logwon Pty Ltd v Warringah Shire Council (1993) 33 NSWLR 13; CASES CITED: Memel Holdings Pty Ltd v Pittwater Council [2000] NSWLEC 227; National Parks and Wildlife Service and Another v Stables Perisher Pty Ltd (1990) 20 NSWLR 573; Paino v Hofbauer (1988) 13 NSWLR 193; Spies v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1991) 24 NSWLR 691; Starray Pty Ltd v Sydney City Council (2001) 112 LGERA 438; Tomlin v Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd [1969] 3 All ER 201; Waugh and Others v H B Clifford & Sons Ltd and Another [1982] 1 Ch 374; Woollahra Municipal Council v Ferella [2005] NSWLEC 402