Pittwater Council v Brown Brothers Waste Contractors Pty Ltd (No 3); Pittwater Council v Wayne Gordon Brown; Pittwater Council v Gary Neil Brown [2012] NSWLEC 66

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Pittwater Council v Brown Brothers Waste Contractors Pty Ltd (No 3); Pittwater Council v Wayne Gordon Brown; Pittwater Council v Gary Neil Brown [2012] NSWLEC 66 Hearing dates: 22 March 2012 Decision date: 22 March 2012 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Pepper J Decision: Applications to set aside subpoenas dismissed Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: applications to set aside subpoenas -- whether irrelevant, oppressive, fishing or forensic purpose of documents outweighed by overriding purpose of "just, quick and cheap" - applicable legal principles - applications dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 56 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 76A(1) Cases Cited: Pittwater Council v Brown Brothers Waste Contractors Pty Limited (No 2) [2009] NSWLEC 2010 Wollondilly Shire Council v Foxman Environmental Development Services Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWLEC 25 Young v King (No 3) [2012] NSWLEC 42 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: 40612 of 2007 Pittwater Council (Applicant) Brown Brothers Waste Contractors Pty Limited (Respondent)

40763 of 2011 Pittwater Council (Applicant) Mr Wayne Gordon Brown (Respondent)

40764 of 2011 Pittwater Council (Applicant) Mr Gary Neil Brown (Respondent) Representation: Mr T G Howard (Applicant) Mr P Tomasetti SC with Ms V McWilliam (Respondents) King & Wood Mallesons (Applicant) DG Briggs & Associates (Respondents) File Number(s): 40612 of 2007, 40763 of 2011 and 40764 of 2011