Westfield Management Limited & Ors v Direct Factory Outlets Homebush Pty Limited & Ors [2004] NSWLEC 327

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Westfield Management Limited & Ors v Direct Factory Outlets Homebush Pty Limited & Ors [2004] NSWLEC 327 APPLICANTS Westfield Management Limited GPT Management Limited Centro Properties Limited Stockland Trust Management Limited PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Direct Factory Outlets Homebush Pty Limited SECOND RESPONDENT Sanity Music Stores Pty Limited FOURTH RESPONDENT Colorado Group Limited t/as Mathers Shoes FILE NUMBER(S) : 40871 of 2002 CORAM: Pain J KEY ISSUES: Practice and Procedure :- Application for summary dismissal/strike out of proceedings - Whether Applicants' case as pleaded discloses a cause of action against the Respondents Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Rules, Pt 9 r 4(1), Pt 15 r 3(1), Pt 15 r 5(1) Supreme Court Rules, Pt 31 r 2 Fastbuck$ v Dudley Pastoral Co Pty Ltd and Ors (2003) NSWCA 126; CASES CITED: General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner of Railways (NSW) & Ors (1964) 112 CLR 125; Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia [No 3] (1998) 195 CLR; Wilkie v Blacktown City Council (2992) 121 LGERA 444 17/06/2004 18/06/2004 DATES OF HEARING: 21/06/2004 22/06/2004 23/06/2004 24/06/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/25/2004