Anastasiou v Wallace [2020] NSWLEC 14

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Anastasiou v Wallace [2020] NSWLEC 14 Hearing dates: 27 November 2019 Date of orders: 04 March 2020 Decision date: 04 March 2020 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Pain J Decision: See par [62] of judgment Catchwords: CIVIL ENFORCEMENT – statutory construction – development consent not required before work the subject of court orders made by consent can be undertaken Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Pt 4 Div 4.1 ss 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, Pt 5 Div 5.1 ss 5.2, Pt 6 Div 6.2 (ss 6.3-6.5), Div 6.3 (ss 6.6-6.11), Pt 9 Div 9.5 ss 9.45, 9.46, former 76A, 76C, 80A, 81A, 109H, 109M, 123, 124 Interpretation Act 1987 ss 3, 32, 33 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 r 36.15 Cases Cited: Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 BH Australia Constructions Pty Ltd v Kapeller [2019] NSWSC 1086 Botany Bay City Council v Saab Corp Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 308 Cando Management and Maintenance Pty Ltd v Cumberland Council [2019] NSWCA 26 Codelfa Constructions v State Rail Authority of NSW (1982) 149 CLR 337; [1982] HCA 24 Community Association DP270447 v ATB Morton Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 83 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1981) 147 CLR 297; [1981] HCA 26 F Hannan Pty Ltd v Electricity Commission of NSW [No 3] (1985) 66 LGRA 306 Fordham v Environment Protection Authority [2018] NSWCA 167 Forster v Jododex Australia Pty Ltd (1972) 127 CLR 421 Great Lakes Council v Lani (2007) 158 LGERA 1 King v Potts [2015] NSWLEC 22 Kirkpatrick v Kotis (2004) 62 NSWLR 567; [2004] NSWSC 1265 Medical Council of New South Wales v Lee [2017] NSWCA 282 Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act 1989 v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (2018) 231 LGERA 145; [2018] NSWLEC 26 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; [1998] HCA 28 Roden v Bandora Holdings Pty Ltd (2015) 213 LGERA 103; [2015] NSWLEC 191 Ross v Lane Cove Council (2014) 86 NSWLR 34; [2014] NSWCA 50 Rossi Living Choice Australia Ltd (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 301 Rossi v Living Choice Australia Ltd (No 4) [2013] NSWLEC 136 Rossi v Living Choice Australia Ltd [2015] NSWCA 244 State of New South Wales v Kable (2013) 252 CLR 118; [2013] HCA 26 University of New South Wales v Moorehouse (1975) 133 CLR 1 Warringah Shire Council v Sedevcic (1987) 10 NSWLR 335 Witham v Holloway (1995) 183 CLR 525 Texts Cited: Pearce & Geddes Statutory Interpretation in Australia Category: Principal judgment Parties: Savva Anastasiou (First Applicant) John Anastasiou (Second Applicant) Richard Wallace (First Respondent) Elizabeth Wallace (Second Respondent) Owners of Strata Plan No 69470 (Third Respondent) Atcha Pty Ltd (Fourth Respondent) Northern Beaches Council (Fifth Respondent) Representation: COUNSEL: J Lazarus SC (First and Second Applicants) Submitting appearance (First, Second and Third Respondents) B Ilkovski (Fourth Respondent) N Eastman (Fifth Respondent)