Bobolas v Waverley Council [2016] NSWCA 139

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Bobolas v Waverley Council [2016] NSWCA 139 Hearing dates: 18 April 2016 Date of orders: 23 June 2016 Decision date: 23 June 2016 Before: McColl JA at [1], Simpson JA at [253], Sackville AJA at [254] Decision: Appeal dismissed with costs. Catchwords: LOCAL GOVERNMENT – enforcement of orders – Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) s 124 – Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) s 121B – whether orders invalid – whether orders served – whether denial of procedural fairness

PROCEDURE – adjournment application – Legal Aid Commission Act 1979 (NSW) s 57 – where parties seeking adjournment did not appear – whether primary judge erred in refusing adjournment application – whether bona fide appeal or intention to appeal refusal of legal aid

SERVICE – service of originating process – whether service effected

PROCEDURE – affidavit – whether affidavit valid despite irregularities in form – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 35.1, 35.7B – power of court to deal with procedural irregularities – Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 63 EVIDENCE – ability to attend court – probative weight of heavily redacted medical certificates Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) Legal Aid Commission Act 1979 (NSW) Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) Oaths Act 1900 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Adams v Lambert [2006] HCA 10; (2006) 228 CLR 409 Armidale Dumaresq Council v Vorhauer (No 3) [2014] NSWLEC 50 Australian Coastal Shipping Commission v Curtis Cruising Pty Ltd (1989) 17 NSWLR 734 Bobolas v Waverley Council [2012] NSWCA 126 Bobolas v Waverley Council [2014] NSWCA 78 Bobolas v Waverley Council [2014] NSWCA 131 Bobolas v Waverley Council [2015] NSWCA 204 Bobolas v Waverley Council [2015] NSWCA 216 Bobolas v Waverley Council (No 4) [2015] NSWCA 337 Cameron v Rural Press Ltd (1992) 35 FCR 211 City Finance Co Ltd v Matthew Harvey & Co Ltd [1915] HCA 75; (1915) 21 CLR 55 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Clapham [2012] NSWSC 41 Coulton v Holcombe [1986] HCA 33; (1986) 162 CLR 1 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Gruber (1998) 43 NSWLR 271 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Meredith [2007] NSWCA 354; (2007) 229 FLR 243 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Mutton (1988) 12 NSWLR 104 Director of Public Prosecutions v Emanuel [2009] NSWCA 42; (2009) 193 A Crim R 552 Fancourt v Mercantile Credits Ltd [1983] HCA 25; (1983) 154 CLR 87 Fastlink Calling Pty Ltd v Macquarie Telecom Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 299; (2008) 217 FLR 366 Ferdinands v Commissioner for Public Employment [2006] HCA 5; (2006) 225 CLR 130 Fibre-Tek (Gold Coast) Pty Ltd (in Liq) v Bennett [2006] NSWSC 1100 Hamod v State of New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 375 HSBC Bank Australia Ltd v Murtough [2010] NSWSC 320 Kyogle Shire Council v Muli Muli Local Aboriginal Land Council [2005] NSWCA 4; (2005) 62 NSWLR 361 Lewis v Spencer [2007] NSWSC 1383; (2007) 179 A Crim R 48 Luck v Chief Executive Officer of Centrelink [2015] FCAFC 75 NAKX v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 1559 North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Ltd v Northern Territory [2015] HCA 41; (2015) 90 ALJR 38 Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd v Heperu Pty Ltd (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 387; (2009) 78 NSWLR 190 Petar v Macedonian Orthodox Community Church St Petka Inc (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 142 Potier v R [2015] NSWCCA 130 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Yau Hang Chan [2013] NSWSC 1270 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; (1998) 194 CLR 355 Rust v Barnes [1980] 2 NSWLR 726 Saraswati v R [1991] HCA 21; (1991) 172 CLR 1 Scott-Irving v State of New South Wales [2014] NSWSC 1006 Tahana v Secure Funding Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCA 19 Thomas A Edison Ltd v Bullock [1912] HCA 72; (1912) 15 CLR 679 Transglobal Capital Pty Ltd v Yolarno Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 136; (2004) 60 NSWLR 143 Vines v Djordjevitch [1955] HCA 19; (1955) 91 CLR 512 Waverley Council v Bobolas [2009] NSWLEC 190 Waverley Council v Bobolas (No 3) [2015] NSWLEC 100 Waverley Council v Bobolas (No 4) [2015] NSWLEC 150 Wentworth v Rogers (No 12) (1987) 9 NSWLR 400 Windsurf Holdings Pty Ltd v Leonard; Carlson v Leonard; Wyvill v Leonard [2009] NSWCA 6 Texts Cited: Matthew Bacon, A New Abridgement of the Law: Volume 1, (7th ed 1832, London) Hamilton, Lindsay, Morahan & Webster, New South Wales Civil Procedure Handbook 2015, (5th ed 2015, Thomson Reuters) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Liana Bobolas (First Appellant) Elena Bobolas (Second Appellant) Mary Bobolas (Third Appellant) Waverley Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Self represented (Appellants) P Clay SC and J Reid (Respondent)