DAVID CRANE & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD v. KOGARAH COUNCIL [1998] NSWLEC 121 (10 June 1998) [1998] NSWLEC 59

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : DAVID CRANE & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD v. KOGARAH COUNCIL [1998] NSWLEC 121 (10 June 1998) [1998] NSWLEC 59 PARTIES : DAVID CRANE & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD v. KOGARAH COUNCIL FILE NUMBER(S) : 10489 of 1997 CORAM: Lloyd J KEY ISSUES: :- Costs in Class One - proceeding discontinued by applicant - whether exceptional circumstances. Land and Environment Court Act 1979, s 69(2) LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Rules 1996, Pt 11 r 5 Aged or Disabled Persons Care Act 1954 Chris Lonergan & Associates v Byron Council, Pearlman J, 27 April 1998, unreported; direction (Manly Wharf Pty Limited v Manly Council, Bignold J, 22 October 1997, unreported); Re The Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; Ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; Australian Securities Commission v Aust-Home Investments Ltd (1993) 44 FCR 194; CASES CITED: Seventh Mingcourt Pty Ltd v Lawrence (unreported, Federal Court of Australia, 1 August 1996), per Branson J; Coleman v City of Melville (unreported, Supreme Court of Western Australia, 22 September 1994), per Scott J; Compadres Australia Pty Ltd v Waterfront Place No 2 Pty Ltd (unreported, Supreme Court of Queensland, 15 August 1995), per MacKenzie J; Inprint Ltd v K & D Media Pty Ltd (unreported, Federal Court of Australia, 22 December 1995), per Einfeld J; Australian Securities Commission v Berona Investments Pty Ltd (1995) 18 ACSR 772 DATES OF HEARING: 4 June 1998 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/10/1998