McNeill v Avalon Surf Life Saving Club [2013] NSWLEC 85

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: McNeill v Avalon Surf Life Saving Club [2013] NSWLEC 85 Hearing dates: 7 June 2013 Decision date: 07 June 2013 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Biscoe J Decision: Applicant's notice of motion filed on 6 June 2013 dismissed with costs. Catchwords: INJUNCTIONS - motion for urgent interlocutory injunction to stop demolition - two earlier motions for same - principles on repeated motions for an interlocutory injunction - whether development consent plans which required internal walls to be retained had been modified so as to permit them to be demolished. Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 r 25.8 Environmental Panning and Assessment Act 1979 s 123 Cases Cited: Edgar Allan Planning Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council [2006] NSWLEC 790, (2006) 150 LGERA 1 Kama v Wong (No 2) [2005] NSWSC 428 McNeill v Avalon Surf Life Saving Club [2013] NSWLEC 69 McNeill v Avalon Surf Life Saving Club [2013] NSWLEC 72 NA Retail Solutions Pty Ltd v St George Bank Ltd [2010] FCA 290, (2010) 267 ALR 599

Nominal Defendant v Manning [2000] NSWCA 80, (2000) 50 NSWLR 139 P Dawson Nominees Pty Ltd v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (No 2) [2009] FCA 413, (2009) 255 ALR 466 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: John McNeill (Applicant) Avalon Surf Life Saving Club (First Respondent) Pittwater Council (Second Respondent) Representation: COUNSEL: J McNeill in person (Applicant) C Hopton, Club president (First Respondent) D Townsend (Second Respondent) SOLICITORS: N/A (Applicant) N/A (First Respondent) King & Wood Mallesons (Second Respondent) File Number(s): 40373/13 and 40349/13