Hurstville City Council v Jacobs (No 3) [2015] NSWLEC 194

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hurstville City Council v Jacobs (No 3) [2015] NSWLEC 194 Hearing dates: 24, 25 November 2015 Date of orders: 25 November 2015 Decision date: 25 November 2015 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Craig J Decision: 1. Grant leave to Michael Vassili to cease acting for the Applicant on the notice of motion filed on 1 September 2015, effective immediately.

2. Give leave for Mr Vassili to file and serve a Notice of Ceasing to Act for Mr Jacobs notwithstanding the requirements under r 7.29(2) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005.

3. The notice of motion filed by the Applicant on 1 September 2015 is dismissed.

4. Exhibits, apart from Exhibit B, may be returned.

5. Stand over the proceedings to the Registrar's List on Friday 4 December 2015 for the purpose of giving directions and fixing a date for hearing to determine the orders to be made for costs of the principal proceedings. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – motion to extend time to comply with consent orders – application for adjournment refused – no sufficient cause shown to vary the time for compliance with consent orders – degree of injustice to the public – integrity of court processes – motion dismissed Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Hurstville City Council (Applicant) Kevin Roy Jacobs (First Respondent) The Estate of the late Ronald John Jacobs (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Cottom, solicitor (Applicant) Self represented (First Respondent) Submitting appearance (Second Respondent)