Verde Terra Pty Ltd v Central Coast Council; Central Coast Council v Verde Terra Pty Ltd (No 5) [2020] NSWLEC 48

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 5) [2020] NSWLEC 48 Hearing dates: 05 May 2020 Date of orders: 06 May 2020 Decision date: 06 May 2020 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Pepper J Decision: Verde Terra parties to pay the Council's costs of the voir dire. Exhibits to be returned. Catchwords: COSTS: application for costs by successful party on a voir dire determining claims for privilege over documents produced by compulsory process – whether costs in the cause is the default costs order – whether the court should order otherwise – voir dire raised a discrete and separate issue – voir dire finally determined substantive rights – costs awarded to successful party. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 98 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, rr 42.1, 42.7 Cases Cited: Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Whitebox Trading Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017] FCA 385 David v Kazal (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 105 His Eminence Metropolitan Petar, Diocesan Bishop of the Macedonian Orthodox Church of Australia and New Zealand v The Macedonian Orthodox Community Church St Petka Incorporated (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 142 Jazabas Pty Ltd v Haddad [2006] NSWSC 880 Latoudis v Casey [1990] HCA 59; (1990) 170 CLR 534 Mundi v Hesse [2018] NSWSC 1548 Oshlack v Richmond River Council [1998] HCA 11; (1998) 193 CLR 72 Pages Property Investments Pty Ltd v Boros [2019] NSWSC 1778 Rinehart v Welker (No 3) [2012] NSWCA 228 Uebergang v Uebergang [2017] NSWSC 1058 Verde Terra Pty Ltd v Central Coast Council [2019] NSWLEC 166 Verde Terra Pty Ltd v Central Coast Council; Central Coast Council v Verde Terra Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] NSWLEC 10 Category: Costs Parties: Proceedings 2019/101279 Verde Terra Pty Ltd (Applicant/First Cross Respondent) Central Coast Council (Respondent/Cross Claimant) Environment Protection Authority (Second Respondent) Mangrove Mountain Landfill Pty Ltd (Second Cross Respondent) Mangrove Properties (NSW) Pty Ltd (Third Cross Respondent)