Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council v Ebeid [2003] NSWLEC 139

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CITATION : Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council v Ebeid [2003] NSWLEC 139 PROSECUTOR Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council PARTIES : DEFENDANT Michael Maged Ebeid FILE NUMBER(S) : 50015 of 2003 CORAM: Cowdroy J KEY ISSUES: Practice and Procedure :- application to strike out class 5 proceedings - whether charge is bound to fail - issues of fact and law arising LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 76A(1), 96(2)(a), s 125(1) Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1948-1949) 78 CLR 62; General Steel Industries Inc. v Commissioner For Railways (NSW) and Ors (1964) 112 CLR 125; Jago v The District Court of New South Wales and Others (1989) 168 CLR 23; CASES CITED: Logwon Pty Limited v Warringah Shire Council (1993) 33 NSWLR 13; Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251; Tynan and Others v Meharg and Newcastle City Council (1998) 101 LGERA 255; Walton v Gardiner; Walton v Herron; Walton v Gill (1992-1993) 177 CLR 378; Woolmington v The Director of Public Prosecutions [1935] AC 462 DATES OF HEARING: 12/06/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/19/2003

PROSECUTOR Mr M. Wright (Barrister)

SOLICITORS Deacons Lawyers LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: DEFENDANT Mr P. Clay (Barrister)

SOLICITORS McKees Solicitors