Staldone Turramurra Pty Ltd v Ku-ring-gai Council [2015] NSWLEC 1093

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Staldone Turramurra Pty Ltd v Ku-ring-gai Council [2015] NSWLEC 1093 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 22 October 2014 Date of orders: 10 April 2015 Decision date: 10 April 2015 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Fakes C Decision: See (4) below Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: residential flat building; conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Staldone Turramurra Pty Ltd (Applicant) Ku-ring-gai Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr M Staunton (Barrister) (Applicant) Ms K Gerathy (Solicitor) (Respondent)

Solicitors: Lindsay Taylor Lawyers (Applicant) HWL Ebsworth Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 10584 of 2014

Judgment 1. COMMISSIONER: In this matter, at or after a conciliation conference, an agreement under s 34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (the Court Act) was reached between the parties as to the terms of a decision in the proceedings that was acceptable to the parties. As the presiding Commissioner, I was satisfied that the decision was one that the Court could have made in the proper exercise of its functions (this being the test applied by s 34(3) of the Court Act). As a consequence, s 34(3)(a) of the Act required me to "dispose of the proceedings in accordance with the decision". 2. The Court Act also required me to "set out in writing the terms of the decision" (s 34(3)(b)). The orders made to give effect to the agreement constitute that document. 3. In making the orders to give effect to the agreement between the parties, I was not required to, and have not, made any merit assessment of the issues that were originally in dispute between the parties. 4. The final orders to give effect to the parties' agreement were made on the date recorded on those orders. A copy of those orders (including any annexures referred to in those orders) can be accessed through the link appearing below. The date of the orders appears on the first page of the orders. Judy Fakes Commissioner 10584 of 2014 s 34 order_amended 16 April 2015 (190 KB, pdf)