Muli Muli Local Aboriginal Land Council v Kyogle Shire Council [2004] NSWLEC 20

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Muli Muli Local Aboriginal Land Council v Kyogle Shire Council [2004] NSWLEC 20 APPLICANT Muli Muli Local Aboriginal Land Council PARTIES : RESPONDENT Kyogle Shire Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 31053 of 2003 CORAM: Cowdroy J KEY ISSUES: Practice and Procedure :- service of rate notice - date of service - distinction between prescribed mode of service and date of service Interpretation Act 1987, s 5(2), s 36, s 76 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Rules, Pt 6 r 1 Local Government Act 1993 s 574, s 710 Supreme Court Rules 1970, Pt 13 r 5(1) Australian Trade Commission v Solarex Pty Ltd (1987) 78 ALR 439; Coomealla Aboriginal Housing Pty Limited v Wentworth Shire Council [1998] NSWLEC 107; Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Gruber (1998) 43 NSWLR 271; Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Taylor [1983] 2 NSWLR 139; Elsediek v Barri (Hunt J, Supreme Court of New South Wales Administrative Law Division, 30 April 1987, unreported); Fancourt and Another v Mercantile Credits Limited (1983) 154 CLR 87; CASES CITED: Hewitt v Leicester Corporation [1969] 1 WLR 855; In re 88 Berkeley Road, NW 9; Rickwood v Turnsek and Another [1971] 1 Ch 648; Johnson v Lake Macquarie City Council and Gordon Pacific Ltd (1991) 72 LGRA 144; McClelland and Another v Amcil Industries Pty Ltd [1983] 1 NSWLR 615; Nicholson v Tapp [1972] 1 WLR 1044; Prospect County Council v Lethorn and Another [1980] 2 NSWLR 464; Regina v County of London Quarter Sessions Appeals Committee, Ex parte Rossi [1956] 1 QB 682; The King v The Westminster Unions Assessment Committee. Ex parte Woodward & Sons [1917] 1 KB 832 DATES OF HEARING: 16/12/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 02/06/2004