Warringah Council v Edmondson & Ors; Giltinan v Edmondson & Ors [2001] NSWCA 1

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Warringah Council v Edmondson & Ors; Giltinan v Edmondson & Ors [2001] NSWCA 1 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40952/99; 40989/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 11/12/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 January 2001

Warringah Council (Appellant) 40952/99 PARTIES : Robert Giltinan (Appellant) 40989/99 Mark Ronald Edmondson (First Respondent) 40952/99 & 40989/99 Owen Mark Southwood (Second Respondent) 40952/99 & 40989/99 JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Powell JA at 2; Fitzgerald JA at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court LOWER COURT 40059/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Talbot J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

P. McClellan QC / A Galasso (Appellant) 40952/99 COUNSEL : D. Wilson (Appellant) 40989/99 B. W. Davison SC / I. Hemmings (Respondents) 40952/99 & 40989/99 Wilshire Webb (Appellant) 40952/99 SOLICITORS : Terrence W Riley (Appellant) 40989/99 Hones Lawyers (Respondents) 40952/99 & 40989/99 CATCHWORDS : Local Government Act 1993 - tenders for tennis and squash courts - alleged breaches of s 45(2), 47(1)(c) and 55 - meaning of "adjoining" - operation of s 729 - "requirement as to the giving of notice" a "procedural requirement" - absence of procedural fairness a breach of the general law not the Act - D LEGISLATION CITED : Local Government Act 1993 Nix v Pittwater Council (1994) 84 LGERA 199 CASES CITED: Hall v Jones (1942) 42 SR (NSW) 203 Transport Accident Commission v Treloar (1992) 1 VR 447 DCT v Mutton (1988) 79 ALR 508 DECISION : Appeals by the Council and Giltinan allowed with costs. Orders made by the Land and Environment Court set aside.