Hardie Holdings Pty Ltd v Cessnock City Council [2010] NSWLEC 11

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Hardie Holdings Pty Ltd v Cessnock City Council [2010] NSWLEC 11

APPLICANT Hardie Holdings Pty Ltd PARTIES : RESPONDENT Cessnock City Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 10662 of 2009

CORAM: Pepper J

KEY ISSUES: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- joinder of party - statutory authority seeking joinder to Class 1 proceedings - power to order joinder under s 39A - discretion - joinder refused - whether s 64(1) confers rights of appearance on Crown as intervenor or of some lesser status - issue not determined - costs - no order as to costs

Civil Procedure Act 2005 ss 56, 58, 98 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 ss 39A, 57, 64(1) Roads Act 1993 ss 87, 138 LEGISLATION CITED: Transport Administration Act 1988 s 46(2)(b) Land and Environment Court Rules 2007 r 3.7 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 r 49.19 State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007

Bongiorno Hawkins Frasetto Associates Pty Ltd v Griffith City Council [2007] NSWLEC 205 Corporate Affairs Commission v Bradley [1974] 1 NSWLR 391 Michael Suttor Pty Limited t/as Michael Suttor Architects v Woollahra Municipal Council [2009] NSWLEC 148 Morrison Design Partnership Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council (2007) 159 LGERA 361 CASES CITED: Smith v Wollondilly Shire Council and Sydney Catchment Authority [2004] NSWLEC 194 Sydney Legacy Appeals Fund v Tanna (1980) 48 LGRA 98 The Sabian Mandaen Association in Australia Ltd v Wollondilly Shire Council [2009] NSWLEC 94 Tomko v Palasty (No 2) (2007) NSWCA 71 NSWLR 61 Vanadi Pty Ltd v Leichhardt Council (1994) 85 LGERA 87