Leimroth v Wingecarribee Shire Council [2012] NSWLEC 256

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Leimroth v Wingecarribee Shire Council [2012] NSWLEC 256 Hearing dates: 25 October 2012 Decision date: 22 November 2012 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Sheahan J Decision: (1) The Notice of Motion, filed by the Applicants on 10 October 2012, is dismissed. (2) The Orders made in this matter on 10 October 2012 by the Acting Registrar, on the issues of joinder and costs, are confirmed. (3) All parties are to pay their own costs of the motion of 10 October, and the hearing of 25 October 2012. (4) The matter is returned to the Acting Registrar, to be listed before her on 30 November 2012, for the giving of further directions regarding its disposition. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Power to review a decision by the Registrar joining additional respondents - principles to apply. Legislation Cited: Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 Civil Procedure Act 2005 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Wingecarribee Local Environmental Plan 2010 Cases Cited: Chriss v Williams (1988) 4 BCL 276 Council of the City of Sydney v Oaks Hotels Resorts (NSW) No 2 Pty Ltd [2011] NSWLEC 234 Council of the City of Sydney v Oaks Hotels and Resorts (NSW) No 2 Pty Ltd [2011] NSWLEC 235 CTI Joint Venture Co Pty Ltd v CRI Chatswood Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 2) [2011] NSWLEC 91 Foxe v Brown [1984] HCA 69, 58 ALR 542 Groeneveld v Wollongong City Council [2009] NSWLEC 149,168 LGERA 260 Gurtner v Circuit [1968] 2 QB 587, [1986] 2 All ER 328 House v The King [1936] HCA 40, 55 CLR 499 Humphrey & Edwards Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council [1998] NSWLEC 285 Lowy v The Land and Environment Court of NSW [2002] NSWCA 353; 124 LGERA 173 Morrison Design Partnership Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council [2007] NSWLEC 802, 159 LGERA 361 News Ltd v Australian Rugby Football League Ltd (1996) 64 FCR 410 Pegang Mining Co Ltd v Choong Sam [1969] 2 MLJ 52 Quakers Hill SPV Pty Limited v Blacktown City Council (No 2) [2012] NSWLEC 243 Quakers Hill SPV Pty Limited v Blacktown City Council [2012] NSWLEC 200 Shoalhaven City Council v Bonner [2010] NSWLEC 251 Sky Design and Concepts Pty Ltd v Pittwater Council (No 4) [2009] NSWLEC 129 State of Victoria v Sutton [1998] HCA 56, 195 CLR 291 Thompson v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2008] NSWSC 74 Tomko v Palasty (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 369, 71 NSWLR 61 Tweed Shire Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act (1996) 92 LGERA 80 Vandervell Trustees Ltd v White [1971] AC 912, [1970] 3 All ER 16 Walker v Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia (1985) 3 NSWLR 496 Xiang Rong Investment Pty Ltd v Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council [2012] NSWLEC 44 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Andrew John Leimroth (First Applicant) Melvin Grace Zapanta Leimroth (Second Applicant) Wingecarribee Shire Council (First Respondent) Nicholas Lidstone (Second Respondent) Anne Lidstone (Third Respondent) Representation: Ms S Duggan, SC and Mr S Nash, barrister (Applicants) Submitting appearance (First Respondent) Mr T To, barrister (Second and Third Respondents) KQ Lawyers (Applicants) Shaw Reynolds Lawyers (First Respondent) Hones La Hood (Second and Third Respondents) File Number(s): 10470 of 2012