LDF Enterprise Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWSC 350

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: LDF Enterprise Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWSC 350 Hearing dates: 3, 4 April 2017 Date of orders: 04 April 2017 Decision date: 04 April 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Adamson J Decision: Application for interlocutory relief refused. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – procedural fairness – whether duty to accord procedural fairness before exercising power to enter land for the purposes of investigation

STATUTORY CONSTRUCTON – whether nature of power and purposes of its conferral excludes procedural fairness – what procedural fairness requires – notice given of intention to exercise power of entry and particulars of purpose provided to landowner

INTERLOCUTORY RELIEF – whether serious question to be tried – balance of convenience – whether damages an adequate remedy Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW), s 20 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW), ss 2A, 85, 86, 87A, 156B Native Vegetation Act 2003 (NSW), s 12 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW), ss 184, 187, 196, 198, 199, 202, 211 Cases Cited: Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 CPCF v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2015) 255 CLR 514; [2015] HCA 1 D'Anastasi v Environment Climate Change & Water (2011) 81 NSWLR 82; [2011] NSWCA 374 Greyhound Racing NSW v Cessnock & District Agricultural Association [2006] NSWCA 333 Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZSSJ (2016) 90 ALJR 901; [2016] HCA 29; National Companies and Securities Commission v News Corporation Ltd (1984) 156 CLR 296 Quirindi Shire Council v Gigli (1985) 3 NSWLR 178 Saeed v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2010) 241 CLR 252; [2010] HCA 23 Shaw Stockbroking Ltd v Australian Stock Exchange Ltd (1998) 26 ACSR 702 Walker Corporation Pty Ltd v Director-General, Department of Environment and Climate Change (No. 2) (2009) 174 LGERA 117; [2009] NSWLEC 177 Category: Principal judgment Parties: LDF Enterprise Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) State of New South Wales (First Defendant) Michael Wright (Second Defendant) Grahame Price (Third Defendant) Robert Evans (Fourth Defendant) Jonathan Giles-Sproule (Fifth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: PW Larkin SC/L Byrne (Plaintiff) D Jordan (Defendants)