Stevens Holdings Pty Limited trading as Stevens Group v Newcastle City Council [2020] NSWLEC 1201

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Stevens Holdings Pty Limited trading as Stevens Group v Newcastle City Council [2020] NSWLEC 1201 Hearing dates: 20 March 2020 Date of orders: 05 May 2020 Decision date: 05 May 2020 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Horton C Decision: The Court orders that: (1) The Notice of Motion filed on 6 March 2020 be dismissed. Catchwords: JOINDER – application for joinder – statutory power to order joinder under s 8.15 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 – issues proposed to be raised by applicant for joinder sufficiently addressed – public interest – joinder refused Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Environmental Planning and Assessment (Savings, Transitional and Other Provisions) Regulation 2017 Cases Cited: Al Maha Pty Ltd v Huajun Investments Pty Ltd (2018) 365 ALR 86; [2018] NSWCA 245 Bay Simmer Investments Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales (2017) 222 LGERA 286; [2017] NSWCA 135 Morrison Design Partnership Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council and Another [2007] NSWLEC 802 Thomas v Randwick City Council [2019] NSWLEC 124 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Broaden Management Pty Limited (Applicant for Joinder) Stevens Holdings Pty Limited trading as Stevens Group (Applicant in the Proceedings) Newcastle City Council (First Respondent) Roads and Maritime Services (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C Leggat SC (Applicant for Joinder) A Galasso SC (Applicant in the Proceedings) F Berglund (First Respondent) S Nash (Second Respondent)