Lowy v The Land and Environment Court of NSW & Ors [2002] NSWCA 353

Reported Decision : (2003) 123 LGERA 179

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Lowy v The Land and Environment Court of NSW & Ors [2002] NSWCA 353 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40112/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 9 July 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 November 2002

Frank Lowy - Claimant/Appellant PARTIES : The Land and Environment Court of NSW - First Opponent/First Respondent Salvatore Paino - Second Opponent/Second Respondent Woollahra Municipal Council - Third Opponent/Third Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Handley JA at 6; Giles JA at 70

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court LOWER COURT LEC 10500/01 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Cowdroy J/Lloyd J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

P LeG Brereton SC, J B Maston/C Dimitriadis - Claimant/Appellant COUNSEL : Submitting - First Opponent/First Responent P C Tomasetti - Second Opponent/Second Respondent Submitting - Third Opponent/Third Respondent Speed and Stracey - Claimant/First Respondent SOLICITORS : I V Knight, Crown Solicitor - First Opponent/Second Respondent Hardings - Second Opponent/Second Respondent Phillips Fox - Third Opponent/Third Respondent CATCHWORDS : Refusal of development application - appeal by applicant to Land and Environment Court - objector given leave to participate - appeal allowed - whether objector can appeal to Supreme Court - whether prerogative relief available - whether restriction on development on foreshore side of foreshore building line a development standard. D Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 2 AC 147; Bowen v Willoughby City Council (2000) 108 LGERA 149; Chriss v Williams (1988) 4 BCL 276; Cole v Whitfield (1988) 165 CLR 360; Corporate Affairs Commission v Bradley 1974) 1 NSWLR 391; Double Bay Marina Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council (1985) 54 LGRA 313; Drummoyne Foreshores Committee Inc v Drummoyne Council [2001] NSWLEC 14; Frisoli v Leichhardt Council (Talbot J, 5 June 1996, unreported) re Great Eastern Cleaning Services Pty Ltd and the Corporations Act (1978) 2 NSWLR 278; Hockey v Yelland (1984) 157 CLR 124; Howard Silvers Investments Pty Ltd v Sydney City Council (1998) 99 LGERA 154; IRC v Dowdall O'Mahoney & Co Ltd [1952] AC 401; The King v Wallis (1949) 78 CLR 529; Kruf v Warringah Shire Council (15 September 1988, Holland J, unreported); CASES CITED: McKay v North Sydney Municipal Council (2000) 107 LGERA 203; Napper v Shoalhaven Shire Council (12 February 1988, Stein J, unreported); North Sydney Municipal Council v PD Mayoh Pty Ltd (No 2) (1990) 71 LGRA 222; Onus v Alcoa of Australia Pty Ltd (1981) 149 CLR 27; The Queen v Watson ex parte Armstrong (1976) 136 CLR 248; Quinn O'Hanlon Architects Pty Ltd v Leichhardt Municipal Council (1989) 68 LGRA 114; R v Dunphy ex parte Maynes (1978) 139 CLR 482; R v Gray (1985) 157 CLR 351; re Smith, ex parte Rundle (1992) 5 WAR 295; Strathfield Municipal Council v Poynting (2001) 116 LGERA 319; Ex parte Tooth & Co Ltd re the Council of the City of Sydney (1962) 80 WN 572; Tweed Shire Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act (1966) 92 LGERA 80; Walker v Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia (1985) 3 NSWLR 496 Warringah Shire Council v KVM Investments Pty Ltd (1981) 45 LGRA 425; Woollahra Municipal Council v Carr 1985) 62 LGRA 263; Western Aluminium Pty Ltd v Minister Administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act [2000] NSWLEC 265. DECISION : (a) Extension of time to apply for leave to appeal from the decision of Cowdroy J granted, subject to filing a notice of appeal within 7 days; leave to appeal granted; appeal dismissed with costs; (b) Summons otherwise dismissed; and (c) Mr Lowy pay the costs of the summons and the appeal.