Frank CALABRO PTY LIMITED v Dennis William and Kim Deidre MAAKA [1999] NSWCA 132

New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : Frank CALABRO PTY LIMITED v Dennis William and Kim Deidre MAAKA [1999] NSWCA 132 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40077/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 25 March 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 May 1999

PARTIES : Frank CALABRO PTY LIMITED v Dennis William and Kim Deidre MAAKA JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Powell JA at 2; Stein JA at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LEC 40206/97 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Bignold J

COUNSEL : L.G. Foster SC/S.A. Duggan (Appellant) J.C. Kelly (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Hill Thomson & Sullivan (Appellant) Colin W. Love & Co. (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Declaration sought that building approval had lapsed by reason of non-compliance with s 315 of the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) - application to restrain breach of Act - whether building approval granted under the Local Government Act 1919 continued in force by virtue of transitional provisions under the 1993 Act - extent of Land and Environment Court's jurisdiction under s 16 (1A), s 20 (1)(d) and s 20 (2) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW) - proceedings brought under s 674 of the Local Government Act 1993 Local Government Act 1919 (NSW); s 315 ACTS CITED : Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW); s 20 (1)(d), s 20 (2), s 16 (1A) Local Government Act 1993 (NSW); s 674, s 672 cl 14 of Schedule 7 of the Savings and Transitional Provisions CASES CITED: Vincent v Wyong Shire Council (1995) 86 LGERA 86 Tweed Byron Aboriginal Land Council v The Minister (1990) 69 LGRA 269 DECISION : Appeal Allowed

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