Christophers v Roads and Maritime Services [2016] NSWLEC 11

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Christophers v Roads and Maritime Services [2016] NSWLEC 11 Hearing dates: 26 February 2016 Date of orders: 26 February 2016 Decision date: 26 February 2016 Jurisdiction: Class 3 Before: Craig J Decision: 1 Vary the order made by the Registrar on 17 February 2016 by vacating the date of 15 April 2016 as the date for a directions hearing and substituting in its place the date for the second directions hearing as 13 May 2016.

2 Otherwise dismiss the applicant's notice of motion. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - review of Registrar's decision - Uniform Civil Procedure Rule 49.19 - principles of review - application for a variation of a date for s 34 conference fixed by Registrar - whether the availability of counsel and the inconvenience of having to retain alternate counsel sufficient to exercise Court's discretion to intervene - motion dismissed Legislation Cited: Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW) Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Groeneveld v Wollongong City Council [2009] NSWLEC 149; 168 LGERA 260 Tomko v Palasty (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 369; 71 NSWLR 61 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Teresa Christophers (Applicant) Roads and Maritime Services (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: N Eastman (Applicant) H Kalarostaghi (solicitor) (Respondent)

Solicitors: Blunden & Montgomery (Applicant) Hunt & Hunt Lawyers File Number(s): 31115 of 2015