DEXUS Funds Management Ltd v Blacktown City Council [2011] NSWLEC 156

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: DEXUS Funds Management Ltd v Blacktown City Council [2011] NSWLEC 156 Hearing dates: 1 September 2011 Decision date: 01 September 2011 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Craig J Decision: 1. The applicant's application for a direction to rely on expert evidence is refused. 2. Exhibits may be returned. 3. Applicant to pay the respondents' costs of the application. 4. Stand over the proceedings to the List Judge on Friday 2 September 2011. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - interlocutory applications - direction to adduce expert evidence in judicial review proceedings - Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, r 31.19 - failure to take account of mandatory considerations - evidence not "reasonably required to resolve the proceedings" - specificity of the evidence to be adduced not present - application dismissed Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 State Environmental Planning Policy No. 55 - Remediation of Land Cases Cited: Attorney-General for the Northern Territory v Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (1989) 23 FCR 536 Australians for Sustainable Development Inc v Minister for Planning [2011] NSWLEC 33 McCormack v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [2001] FCA 1700; (2001) 114 FCR 574 Minister for Planning v Walker [2008] NSWCA 224; (2008) 161 LGERA 423 Notaras v Waverley Council [2007] NSWCA 333; (2007) 161 LGERA 230 Prasad v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1985) 6 FCR 155 Sharples v Minister for Local Government [2008] NSWLEC 328; (2008) 166 LGERA 302 Shellharbour City Council v Minister for Planning [2011] NSWCA 195 ULV Pty Ltd v Scott (1990) 19 NSWLR 190 Williams v Minister for Planning [2009] NSWLEC 5; (2009) 164 LGERA 204 Woolworths Ltd v Wyong Shire Council [2005] NSWLEC 400 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: DEXUS Funds Management Ltd (Applicant) Blacktown City Council (First Respondent) Plumpton Park Developments Pty Ltd (Second Respondent) Representation: Mr N A Hemmings (Solicitor) (Applicant) Mr J E Lazarus (First Respondent) Mr M A Staunton (Second Respondent) Allens Arthur Robinson (Applicant) Lindsay Taylor Lawyers (First Respondent) Ekin McCaffery Cox Solicitors (Second Respondent) File Number(s): 40430 of 2011