Verde Terra Pty Ltd v Central Coast Council; Central Coast Council v Verde Terra Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] NSWLEC 10

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Verde Terra Pty Ltd v Central Coast Council; Central Coast Council v Verde Terra Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] NSWLEC 10 Hearing dates: 2, 3 and 4 December 2019 Date of orders: 19 February 2020 Decision date: 19 February 2020 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Pepper J Decision: Claimed privileges established and not waived or lost. See at [178]-[180]. Catchwords: EVIDENCE: voir dire on admissibility of documentary evidence during trial — voir dire on access to documents produced under subpoena and notice to produce — at what stage the common law or the Evidence Act applies— whether documents protected by legal professional privilege — whether documents protected by without prejudice privilege — whether privileges waived or lost at common law or under the Evidence Act — privileges maintained. Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 124 Evidence Act 1995, ss 11, 117, 118, 119, 121(2), 121(3), 122(2), 126, 131(1), 131(2)(f), 131(2)(i), 131A, 142 Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, s 50(2) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 59.10 Cases Cited: A v Hayden (No 2) [1984] HCA 67; (1984) 156 CLR 532 Archer Capital 4A Pty Ltd v Sage Group plc (No 3) [2013] FCA 1160; (2013) 306 ALR 414 Asciak v Australian Secured and Managed Mortgages Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 753; (2008) 66 ACSR 298 Attorney General for the Northern Territory of Australia v Kearney [1985] HCA 60; (1985) 158 CLR 500 C G Maloney Pty Ltd v Noon [2011] NSWCA 397 Cando Management and Maintenance Pty Ltd v Cumberland Council [2019] NSWCA 26; (2019) 237 LGERA 128 Carter v Northmore Hale Davy & Leake [1995] HCA 33; (1995) 183 CLR 121 Commissioner of Taxation v Rio Tinto Ltd [2006] FCAFC 86; (2006) 151 FCR 341 Commonwealth v Temwood Holdings Pty Ltd [2002] WASC 107 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Archer [2008] NSWCA 164; (2008) 72 NSWLR 236 Daniels Corporation International Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2002] HCA 49; (2002) 213 CLR 543 Domino's Pizza Enterprises Limited v Precision Tracking Pty Ltd (No 3) [2017] FCA 1063 Dowling v Ultraceuticals Pty Ltd Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 386; (2016) 93 NSWLR 155 DSE (Holdings) Pty Limited v Intertan Inc [2003] FCA 384; (2003) FCR 499 Environment Protection Authority v Grafil Pty Ltd; Environment Protection Authority v Mackenzie [2017] NSWLEC 88 Environment Protection Authority v Newcastle Port Corporation [2019] NSWLEC 92 Expense Reduction Analysts Group Pty Ltd v Armstrong Strategic Management and Marketing Pty Limited [2013] HCA 46; (2013) 250 CLR 303 Fermiscan Limited v James [2009] NSWSC 462 Field v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1957] HCA 92; (1957) 99 CLR 285 Galafassi v Kelly [2014] NSWCA 190; (2014) 87 NSWLR 119 Glass v Demarco [1999] FCA 482 Glencore International AG v Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia [2019] HCA 26; 93 ALJR 967 Glengallan Investments Pty Ltd v Andersen [2001] QCA 115; ([2002] 1 Qd R 233 Goldberg v Ng [1995] HCA 39; (1995) 185 CLR 83 GPI Leisure Corporation Ltd (in liq) v Yuill (1997) 42 NSWLR 225 Harvey v Phillips [1956] HCA 27; (1956) 95 CLR 235 Hastie Group Ltd (in liq) v Moore [2016] NSWCA 305; (2016) 339 ALR 635 Hebei Jikai Industrial Group Co Ltd v Martin [2015] FCA 228; (2015) 324 ALR 268 I Limited & Chester [2010] FamCAFC 251 In the matter of Mulsanne Resources Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 358 In the matter of Petrolink Pty Ltd; Smith v Bone [2014] FCA 1024 Kirkpatrick v Kotis [2004] NSWSC 1265; (2004) 62 NSWLR 567 Legal Services Commission v JHW [2012] SASCFC 47; (2012) 223 A Crim R 534 Liu v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 1352; (2012) 84 NSWLR 547 Liu v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 900, (2012) 91 ACSR 158 Lock, in the matter of Cedenco JV Australia Pty Ltd (in liq) [2017] FCA 1306 Mann v Carnell [1999] HCA 66; (1999) 201 CLR 1 Marshall v Prescott [2013] NSWCA 152 Pihiga Pty Ltd v Roche [2011] FCA 240; (2011) 278 ALR 209 Pittwater Council v Martoriati [2012] NSWLEC 131 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd [1981] HCA 45; (1981) 147 CLR 589 Re Southland Coal Pty Ltd (recs & mgrs apptd) (in liq) [2006] NSWSC 899; (2006) 203 FLR 1 REW08 Projects Pty Limited v PNC Lifestyle Investments Pty Limited [2017] NSWCA 269; (2017) 95 NSWLR 458 Seven Network Limited v News Limited [2006] FCA 343; (2006) 151 FCR 450 Singtel Optus Pty Ltd v Weston [2011] NSWSC 1083; (2011) 81 NSWLR 526 State of New South Wales v Public Transport Ticketing Corporation [2011] NSWCA 60 SWV Pty Ltd v Spiroc Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 668; (2006) 201 FLR 238 Teoh v Greenway [2015] ACTSC 133; (2015) 297 FLR 398 The Owners of Strata Plan No 57164 v Yau [2017] NSWCA 341; (2017) 96 NSWLR 587 Thomason v Campbelltown Municipal Council (1939) 39 SR (NSW) 347 Tiffany & Co (Australia) Pty Limited v Sydney Metro [2019] NSWLEC 147 Timbercorp Finance Pty Ltd (in liq) v Collins [2016] HCA 44; (2016) 259 CLR 212 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Limited [2015] HCA 28; (2015) 256 CLR 507 UBS AG v Tyne [2018] HCA 45; (2018) 92 ALJR 968 Universal Roofing & Accessories Pty Ltd v Singh [2004] NSWSC 32 Van Der Lee v State of New South Wales [2002] NSWCA 286 Verde Terra Ltd v Central Coast Council [2019] NSWLEC 166 Verde Terra Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (No 1) [2018] NSWLEC 159 Verde Terra Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (No 3) [2018] NSWLEC 161 Walton v Gardiner [1993] HCA 77; (1993) 177 CLR 378 Willams v Spautz [1992] HCA 34; (1992) 174 CLR 509 Yokogawa Aust Pty Ltd v Alstom Power Ltd [2009] SASC 377; (2009) 262 ALR 738 Texts Cited: Dr Ronald J Desiatnik, Legal Professional Privilege in Australia (LexisNexis Butterworths, 3rd ed, 2017)