Burrell Place Community Action Group Incorporated v Griffith City Council [2009] NSWLEC 120

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Burrell Place Community Action Group Incorporated v Griffith City Council [2009] NSWLEC 120

Burrell Place Community Action Group Incorporated (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Griffith City Council (First Defendant) Duneba Investment Group Pty Ltd (Second Defendant)

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40274 of 2009

CORAM: Lloyd J

KEY ISSUES: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- security for costs - incorporated association - insufficient assets - power to order security for costs - relevant considerations

Civil Procedure Act 2005 s 98 LEGISLATION CITED: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 57A, s 1335 Land and Environment Court Rules 2007 r 4.2 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 r 42.1, r 42.21

Anderson v Director-General of the Department of Environment and Climate Change [2008] NSWLEC 299 Anderson v Minister for Planning (No. 2) [2008] NSWLEC 235 Co-operative Farmers' and Graziers' Direct Meat Supply Ltd v Smart [1977] VR 386 Belmore Residents Action Group Incorporated v Canterbury City Council [2005] NSWLEC 258 Diamond v Birdon Contracting Pty Ltd [2007] NSWLEC 92 Engadine Area Traffic Group Inc v Sutherland Shire Council (No. 2) [2004] NSWLEC 434; (2004) 136 LGERA 365 F & D Bonaccorso Pty Ltd v City of Canada Bay Council (No. 5) [2008] NSWLEC 235 CASES CITED: Jazabas Pty Ltd v Haddad [2007] NSWCA 291; (2007) 65 ACSR 276 KP Cable Investments Pty Ltd v Meltglow Pty Ltd (1995) 56 FCR 189 Ku-ring-gai Council v Minister for Planning (No. 2) [2008] NSWLEC 276 Melville v Craig Nowlan & Associates Pty Ltd [2002] NSWCA 32; (2001) 54 NSWLR 82 Notaras v Waverley Council [2007] NSWCA 333; (2007) 161 LGERA 230 Pacific Acceptance Corporation Ltd v Forsyth (No. 2) [1967] 2 NSWR 402 Rajski v Computer Manufacture and Design Pty Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 443 Sharples v Minister for Local Government [2008] NSWLEC 67; (2008) 159 LGERA 391