Shoalhaven City Council v South Coast Concrete Crushing & Recycling Pty Ltd [2010] NSWLEC 80

Reported Decision : 174 LGERA 184

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Shoalhaven City Council v South Coast Concrete Crushing & Recycling Pty Ltd [2010] NSWLEC 80

APPLICANT Shoalhaven City Council

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT South Coast Concrete Crushing & Recycling Pty Ltd

SECOND RESPONDENT Abib Pty Ltd

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40630 of 2008

CORAM: Pepper J

KEY ISSUES: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- costs where there has been a supervening event - whether a hearing on the merits where findings made but no relief ordered - whether disentitling conduct - whether one party wholly 'successful' - respondent to pay applicant's costs

Civil Procedure Act 2005 s 98 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Pt 3A Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 rr 28.2 and 42.1

F & D Bonaccorso Pty Ltd v City of Canada Bay Council (No 5) [2008] NSWLEC 235 Kiama v Grant (2006) 143 LGERA 441 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534 Normans Plant Hire Pty Limited v South Coast Concrete Crushing & Recycling Pty Limited [2006] NSWLEC 390 CASES CITED: Normans Plant Hire Pty Limited v South Coast Concrete Crushing & Recycling Pty Limited (No 2) [2006] NSWLEC 734 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1988) 193 CLR 72 Pittwater Council v Bolitho [2007] NSWLEC 355 Re The Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; Ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622 Shoalhaven City Council v South Coast Concrete Crushing & Recycling Pty Ltd [2009] NSWLEC 197 Warringah Shire Council v Sedevcic (1986) 57 LGERA 335