Wilkie v Blacktown City Council & 3 Ors [2002] NSWCA 284

Reported Decision : (2002) 121 LGERA 444

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Wilkie v Blacktown City Council & 3 Ors [2002] NSWCA 284 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41026/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 14/08/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 August 2002

Misty Wilkie (Appellant) Blacktown City Council (First Respondent) PARTIES : Mark Reid (Second Respondent) Graveyard Recycling Pty Ltd (Third Respondent) Mario Constantine (Fourth Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Heydon JA at 1; Young CJ in Eq at 2; Davies AJA at 15

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court LOWER COURT LEC 40025/01 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Pearlman CJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

T F Robertson SC/L M Byrne (Appellant) COUNSEL : M G Craig QC/D R Parry (First Respondent) N/A (Second & Third Respondents) J S Wheelhouse (Fourth Respondent) Roderick Storie (Appellant) SOLICITORS : Houston Dearn O'Connor (First Respondent) Dennis & Co (Second & Third Respondents) Delaney Lawyers (Fourth Respondent) CATCHWORDS : LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Town Planning - Breach of Planning Instrument - Whether s 124 of the Environment Planning and Assessment Act authorised a rectification order directed to a person who was not a party to the breach - Permitted or suffered - whether these terms provide a sufficient basis for a rectification order - whether the power granted by s 124 is unlimited once a breach has been established. D Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, ss 76A(1), 76(3), 121B, 122, 123, 124 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 75B LEGISLATION CITED : Fair Trading Act 1987, s 61 Corporations Act, s 79 Land and Environment Court Act 1979, s 55 Giorgianni v The Queen (1985) 156 CLR 473 Yorke v Lucas (1985) 158 CLR 661 Ashfield Municipal Council v Andrews (1986) 60 LGRA 248 Macquarie University v Ryde Municipal Council [1977] 1 NSWLR 304 Minister Administering The Crown Lands Act v New South Wales Aboriginal Council (1977) 42 NSWLR 641 Holroyd City Council v Murdoch (1994) 82 LGERA 197 Parramatta City Council v Stonewill Pty Ltd (Land & Environment Court, 22 February 1991, unreported) Botany Council v Tsolakis (Land & Environment Court, 30 November 1988, unreported) CASES CITED: Murdoch v Hollroyd City Council (NSWCA, 20 November 1996, unreported) Albury City Council v Maxwell (Land & Environment Court, 3 September 1988, unreported) Sydney City Council v Zizza [1999] NSWLEC 25 Sahade v Mosman Municipal Council [2000] NSWCA 251 WD & HO Wills (Australia) Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW (1998) 43 NSWLR 338 Harris v James (1876) 45 LJ QB 545 Smith v Scott [1973] Ch 314 Wright and Romeyko v Corporation of City of West Torrent (1996) 91 LGERA 197 Rochford Rural District Council v Port of London Authority [1914] 2 KB 916 Barton v Reed [1932] 1 Ch 362 DECISION : See paragraph 69.