Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc v Delta Electricity (No 2) [2009] NSWLEC 193

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc v Delta Electricity (No 2) [2009] NSWLEC 193

PLAINTIFF PARTIES : Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc DEFENDANT Delta Electricity

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40358 of 2009

CORAM: Pain J

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- application by defendant for stay of proceedings pending appeal on protective costs order - condition requiring points of defence to be filed imposed to facilitate progress of matter KEY ISSUES: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE:- application by defendant for security for costs - undertaking provided by plaintiff for security for costs in sum of protective costs order amount - whether order for greater amount should be made - security for costs order in amount of protective costs order made

LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Procedure Act 2005 s 67 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 r 42.21

Alexander v Cambridge Credit Corporation Ltd (1985) 2 NSWLR 685 Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc v Delta Electricity [2009] NSWLEC 150 Burrell Place Community Action Group Incorporated v Griffith City Council [2009] NSWLEC 120 CASES CITED: Ervin Mahrer and Partners v Strathfield Municipal Council [2001] NSWLEC 228 Harpur v Ariadne Australia Ltd (No 2) [1984] 2 Qd R 523 Jazabus Pty Ltd v Haddad [2007] NSWCA 291 Pacific Acceptance Corporation Ltd v Forsyth (No 2) [1967] 2 NSWR 402 Partnership Pacific Ltd v Killen (NSW Court of Appeal, Moffit P, Reynolds and Hutley JJA, 10 April 1979, unreported)