NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Hawkesbury City Council v Agostino [2009] NSWLEC 176
Hawkesbury City Council (Applicant) PARTIES : Francesco Agostino (First Respondent) Caterina Agostino (Second Respondent)
FILE NUMBER(S) : 40172 of 2009
CORAM: Lloyd J
KEY ISSUES: EXISTING USE :- fruit and vegetable shop - non-conforming use - commencement - evidence of historical and continuing use - cessation in the use - relevant intention - abandonment - onus of proving on the balance of probabilities that there was a continuance of use or no abandonment of use falls on the land user - discretion in respect of granting or refusing relief by way of injunction
LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 106 and s 107
Baulkham Hills Shire Council v O'Donnell (1990) 69 LGRA 404 Daniel v Manly Municipal Council (1975) 34 LGRA 14 Hudak v Waverley Municipal Council (1989) 18 NSWLR 709 CASES CITED: Kogarah Municipal Council v Johnstone (1979) 41 LGRA 366 Vines v Djordjevitch (1955) 91 CLR 512 Warringah Shire Council v Sedevcic (1987) 10 NSWLR 335 Woollahra Municipal Council v Banool Developments Pty Ltd (1973) 129 CLR 138
DATES OF HEARING: 12 August 2009 & 13 August 2009
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 19 October 2009
APPLICANT: S N Griffiths (solicitor) SOLICITORS: Pikes Lawyers LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENTS: D P Wilson (barrister) SOLICITORS: A R Walmsley & Co
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