Lesnewski v Mosman Municipal Council & Anor [2004] NSWLEC 99

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Lesnewski v Mosman Municipal Council & Anor [2004] NSWLEC 99 APPLICANT Helen Lesnewski PARTIES : RESPONDENT Mosman Municipal Council Robert J Wright and Carol Wright FILE NUMBER(S) : (4)0085 of 2002 CORAM: Pain J KEY ISSUES: Judicial Review :- validity of construction certificate - whether decision to issue a construction certificate is a jurisdictional fact - inconsistency between development consent plans and construction certificate plans - onus of proof Judicial Review:- work done without development consent - discretion to grant relief LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 122, s 123, s 124 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 cl 145 ACR Trading Pty Limited & Anor v Fat-sel Pty Limited & Anor (1987) 11 NSWLR 67 ; Associated Provincial Picture Houses Limited v Wednesbury Corporation (1948) 1 KB 223 ; Attorney General of NSW v Quinn (1990) 170 CLR 1 ; Chambers v Maclean Shire Council (2003) 126 LGERA 7 ; Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission (2000) 199 CLR 135; Donnelly v Delta Gold Pty Ltd (2001) 113 LGERA 34 ; Foley v Padley (1984) 154 CLR 349 ; CASES CITED: Hale v Parramatta City Council (1982) 47 LGRA 269; Jones v Dunkel (1958 - 1959) 101 CLR 298 ; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24; Owen Haviland Pty Limited v North Sydney Council [1997] NSWLEC 39 (7 April 1997); Terry George Androiotakis v Woollahra Municipal Council [1998] NSWLEC 137 (30 June 1998) ; Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL (1999) 46 NSWLR 55 ; Transport Action Group Against Motorways Inc v Roads and Traffic Authority (1999) 104 LGERA 133 ; Warringah Shire Council v Sedevcic (1986) 63 LGRA 361, 10 NSWLR 335; Weal v Bathurst City Council (2000) 111 LGERA 181 DATES OF HEARING: 28/07/03, 29/07/03, 27/11/03, 28/11/03, 1/12/03 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/29/2004