Director-General, Department of Planning v Epacris Pty Limited [2006] NSWLEC 306

Reported Decision : (2006) 147 LGERA 372

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Director-General, Department of Planning v Epacris Pty Limited [2006] NSWLEC 306

PROSECUTOR: Director-General PARTIES : Department of Planning

DEFENDANT: Epacris Pty Limited

FILE NUMBER(S) : 50069 of 2005

CORAM: Lloyd J

Practice and Procedure :- amendment of summons – mistake in name of party - jurisdiction - discretion to amend where in the interests of justice KEY ISSUES: Practice and Procedure:- inspection of property - access - contravention of Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997– no power to make order for entry and inspection

Land and Environment Court Act 1979 ss 67, 68(2) LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Rules 1996 pt 6 r 2 Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 ss 21(2), 61, 64(3) Supreme Court Rules 1970 pt 20 rr 1, 4 pt 75 rr 4, 6, pt 25 div 2

Alexander Mountain and Co v Rumere Limited [1948] 2 KB 436; ANZ Banking Group Ltd v Larcos (1987) 13 NSWLR 286; Bedingfeld v Keogh (1912) 13 CLR 601; Brebner v Bruce (1950) 82 CLR 161; Bridge Shipping Pty Ltd v Grand Shipping SA (1991) 173 CLR 231; Brownlie v State Pollution Control Commission (1992) 27 NSWLR 78; Burrell v Jacenko (1998) 99 LGERA 173; Darrington v Caldbeck (1990) 20 NSWLR 212; CASES CITED: Duke Investments Trust Pty Ltd v Leichhardt Municipal Council [2000] NSWLEC 14; Environment Protection Authority v CSR Ltd (2001) 114 LGERA 217; Hubbard Association of Scientologists International v Anderson (No. 2) [1972] VR 577; Lloyd Steel Co Pty Ltd v Jade Shipping [1985] 1 NSWLR 212; Marshall v D G Sundin & Co Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 463; McGee v Yeomans [1977] 1 NSWLR 273; McInnes v Wingecarribee Shire Council (1987) 64 LGRA 137; Proctor v Jetway [1984] 1 NSWLR 166; Re Pritchard (dec'd) [1963] 1 Ch 502; Weldon v Neal (1887) 19 QBD 394