Bailey & Bailey v Director-General Department of Energy Climate Change and Water & 2 Ors [2010] NSWSC 979

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Bailey & Bailey v Director-General Department of Energy Climate Change and Water & 2 Ors [2010] NSWSC 979 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S) : 30 August 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 6 September 2010

JUDGMENT OF : Studdert AJ

(1) Order that the defendants' notice of motion is dismissed. DECISION : (2) Order that the defendants pay the plaintiffs' costs of the application. (3) The matter is to be listed for directions before me on 10 September 2010 at 10am absent agreement prior to that time as to an appropriate timetable addressing the service of evidence.

CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure – Application for hearing limited to the issue of liability – Exercise of discretion – Principles applicable

Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 (NSW), s 21(2) LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW), [Former] Part 31 Rule 2(a) Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW), Part 1, Rule 3 (1), (2) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 28.2

CATEGORY : Separate question

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