NSW Caselaw
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : Fairfield City Council v Adams [2009] NSWLEC 199
PLAINTIFF PARTIES : Fairfield City Council DEFENDANT Yalda Adams
FILE NUMBER(S) : 40883 of 2006
CORAM: Pain J
KEY ISSUES: CONTEMPT :- failure to comply with court orders made by consent of parties - finding of civil contempt sought by Council - whether orders ambiguous for purposes of a contempt charge - whether deliberate non-compliance with court orders relevant to finding of contempt - whether failure to comply with orders deliberate
Civil Procedure Act 2005 Fairfield Local Environmental Plan 1994 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Rules 2007 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Pt 55 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Pt 40
Attorney-General (NSW) v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1980] 1 NSWLR 362 Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union v Mudginberri Station Pty Ltd (1986) 161 CLR 98 Australian Consolidated Press v Morgan (1965) 112 CLR 422 Hearne v Street (2008) 235 CLR 125 CASES CITED: Iberian Trust Limited v Founders Trust & Investment Co Ltd [1932] 2 KB 87 Kirkpatrick v Kotis (2004) 62 NSWLR 567 Markisic v Commonwealth of Australia (2007) 69 NSWLR 737 Mosman Municipal Council v Kelly (No 3) [2009] NSWLEC 92 Witham v Holloway (1995) 183 CLR 525
TEXTS CITED: Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure NSW, Volume 2 (LexisNexis, 2005)
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