La La Land Byron Bay Pty Limited v The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority [2015] NSWCA 254

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: La La Land Byron Bay Pty Limited v The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority [2015] NSWCA 254 Hearing dates: 5 August 2015 Date of orders: 05 August 2015 Decision date: 26 August 2015 Before: Beazley P; Gleeson JA; Sackville AJA Decision: (1) The summons for leave to appeal is dismissed;

(2) The applicant on the summons for leave to appeal is to pay the respondent's costs. Catchwords: APPEAL – leave to appeal – extent of reasons required when refusing leave to appeal ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – judicial review – review of decision of the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority to vary extended trading authorisation – Liquor Act 2007 (NSW), ss 3, 49(8) – whether correct test of the "public interest" applied by Authority – whether relevant mandatory considerations taken into account by Authority – whether acts of Authority predating decision revealed bias – whether decision of Authority affected by legal unreasonableness Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Liquor Act 2007 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Allianz Australia Insurance Ltd v Cervantes [2012] NSWCA 244; 61 MVR 443 Beale v Government Insurance Office (NSW) (1997) 48 NSWLR 430; 25 MVR 373 Carolan v AMF Bowling Pty Ltd [1995] NSWCA 69 Coulter v The Queen [1988] HCA 3; 164 CLR 350 Lee v New South Wales Crime Commission [2012] NSWCA 262 Michael Wilson & Partners Limited v Nicholls [2011] HCA 48; 244 CLR 427 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [2013] HCA 18; 249 CLR 332 Minister for Planning v Walker [2008] NSWCA 224; 161 LGERA 423 Rodger v De Gelder [2015] NSWCA 211 Roy Morgan Research Centre Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue (Vic) [2001] HCA 49; 207 CLR 72 Category: Principal judgment Parties: La La Land Byron Bay Pty Limited (Applicant) The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (First Respondent) The Commissioner of Police (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M A Robinson SC; A Poljak (Applicant) J J Hutton (Second Respondent)