Fairfield City Council v N & S Olivieri P/L [2003] NSWCA 41

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Fairfield City Council v N & S Olivieri P/L [2003] NSWCA 41 revised - 13/03/2003 HEARING DATE(S) : 4 February 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 March 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Santow JA at 39; Cripps AJA at 47 DECISION : Appeal upheld; See further para 87

CATCHWORDS : Development consent - conditions - s94 - discretion LEGISLATION CITED : Environment Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) s94(7),s91(3)(f), s94AB ABB Power Plants Limited v Electricity Commission (NSW) (t/as Pacific Power) (1995) 35 NSWLR 596 Abbott v Shire of Heidelberg [1926] VLR 199 Anthony Hordens & Sons Limited v Amalgamated Clothing & Allied Trades Union of Australia (1932) 47 CLR 1 Attorney General (Commonwealth) v Schmidt (1961) 105 CLR 361 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Saatchi & Saatchi Compton (Vic) Pty Ltd (1985) 10 FCR 1 Brown v West (1990) 169 CLR 195 David Grant and Co Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 265 Dixon v Esperance Bay Turf Club (Inc.) [2002] WASC 110 Downey v Trans Waste Pty Ltd (1991) 172 CLR 167 Fitch v Shoalhaven City Council (1977) 67 LGRA 165 Harris v Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (1999) 162 ALR 651 Harts Australia Limited v Commissioner, Australian Federal Police (2002) 117 FCR 358 Henbury Pty Ltd v Parramatta City Council (Land and Environment Court, 22 March 1982, unreported) CASES CITED : John v Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) (1989) 166 CLR 417 Leon Fink Holdings Pty Ltd v Australian Film Commission (1979) 141 CLR 672 Lockwood v The Commonwealth (1954) 90 CLR 177 Mercantile Mutual Life Insurance Co Ltd v Australian Securities Commission (1993) 40 FCR 409 Newcrest Mining (WA) Limited v The Commonwealth (1997) 190 CLR 513 Nintendo Co Ltd v Centronic Systems Pty Ltd (1994) 181 CLR 134 Pioneer Aggregates (UK) Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1985] AC 132 PMT & Partners (In liq) v Australian National Parks & Wildlife Service (1995) 184 CLR 301 Progress and Securities Pty Ltd v North Sydney Municipal Council (1988) 66 LGRA 236 R v Wallis; Ex parte Employers Association of Wool Selling Brokers & H C McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd (1949) 78 CLR 529 Re Wilcox; Ex parte Venture Industries Pty Ltd (1996) 66 FCR 511 Saraswati v The Queen (1991) 172 CLR 1 St George Building Society v Manly Municipal Council (1982) 3 APA 370 Switz Pty Ltd v Glowbind Pty Ltd (2000) 48 NSWLR 661 Fairfield City Council PARTIES : v N & S Olivieri P/L FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40454/02 COUNSEL : Appellant: P.J. McEwen SC/ A.J.J. Thompson Respondent: A. Galasso SOLICITORS : Appellant: Kencalo & Ritchie Respondent: Coleman & Greig