Westfield Management Limited & Ors v Direct Factory Outlets Homebush Pty Limited & Ors [No 3] [2004] NSWLEC 688

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Westfield Management Limited & Ors v Direct Factory Outlets Homebush Pty Limited & Ors [No 3] [2004] NSWLEC 688 APPLICANTS Westfield Management Limited GPT Management Limited Centro Properties Limited Stockland Trust Management Limited

FIRST RESPONDENT Direct Factory Outlets Homebush Pty Limited

PARTIES : SECOND RESPONDENT Sanity Music Stores Pty Limited

THIRD RESPONDENT: Perfumania Pty Limited t/as The Perfume Connection

FOURTH RESPONDENT Colorado Group Limited t/as Mathers Shoes

FIFTH RESPONDENT: Foad Haddad & Ronda Haddad t/as Florentine Eyewear FILE NUMBER(S) : 40871 of 2002 CORAM: Pain J KEY ISSUES: Practice and Procedure :- Application for summary dismissal or stay of proceedings - Whether Applicants' case as pleaded discloses a reasonable cause of action against the Respondents Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 4, s 76A Interpretation Act 1987, s 3, s 6, s 11 LEGISLATION CITED: Supreme Court Rules, pt 13 r 5 Strathfield Planning Scheme Ordinance Land and Environment Court Rules, pt 6 r 2, pt 10 r 1 Dart v Norwich Union Life Australia Ltd [2002] FCAFC 34; Foodbarn Pty Limited v Solicitor General (1975) 32 LGRA 157; General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125; Lindon v The Commonwealth (No 2) (1996) 70 ALJR 541; CASES CITED: Lizzio v Ryde Municipal Council (1983) 155 CLR 211; Shannon v Lee Chun (1912) 15 CLR 257; State of Queensland v JL Holdings Pty Limited (1997) 189 CLR 146; The Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394; Westfield Management Ltd & Ors v Direct Factory Outlets Homebush Pty Limited & Ors [2003] NSWLEC 258 DATES OF HEARING: 02/11/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/15/2004