Planning disputes
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| Papadopoulos v Blue Mountains City Council [2015] NSWLEC 164 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | Dismissed | Other | Council | 22 Oct 2015 | APPEAL – s 56A of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 – appeal against Council order to remove shipping containers from property – appeal to Court pursuant to s 121ZK of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 – s 121ZK appeal dismissed – no legal error in Commissioner not discontinuing matter – no right to trial by jury – order by Council does not seek to appropriate property – appeal dismissed – order for costs |
| Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council (No 10) [2011] NSWLEC 161 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | Dismissed | — | Council | 9 Sept 2011 | PROCEDURE - whether stay of proceedings should be granted until hearing of three appeals in Court of Appeal in relation to two interlocutory orders and a contempt finding |
| Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council (No.9) [2011] NSWLEC 123 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | Interlocutory | — | Mixed | 14 July 2011 | INTERLOCUTORY RELIEF: declarations, orders for discovery, vacation of hearing dates, power or lack of power to make some orders sought, expeditious resolution of proceedings, model litigant principles, obedience to directions. |
| Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 113 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | Interlocutory | — | Mixed | 30 June 2011 | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: Review of Registrar's decision - principles to apply |
| Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 54 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 8 Apr 2011 | CONTEMPT:- application to set aside orders in contempt proceedings and for production of documents; PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: - production of documents |
| Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 28 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | Dismissed | — | Council | 4 Mar 2011 | PROCEDURE:- contempt - what constitutes - failure to produce a single document under notice to produce - distinction between notice to produce under UCPR 21.10 and UCPR 34.1 - whether failure to produce documents contempt - whether failure to produce has same effect as failure to comply with subpoena UCPR 33.12 - no equivalent provision for notice to produce - failure to prove beyond reasonable doubt that failure to produce was not casual, accidental or unintentional - contempt not proved |
| Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2010] NSWLEC 229 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 5 Nov 2010 | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- self-represented applicant – applicant’s motion for contempt fixed for hearing – afternoon prior to hearing applicant informed Registrar that he would not attend due to “medical condition” – medical certificate states applicant is “unfit for work” – insufficient details of medical condition provided – notice of motion stood over– further details of medical condition required if applicant claims to be unable to attend future hearing |
| Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2010] NSWLEC 261 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 1 Nov 2010 | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- application to vacate hearing dates - affidavit served in compliance with directions - omission of date and place of swearing insufficient basis to ground application - application refused |
| Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council (No.3) [2010] NSWLEC 187 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 27 Sept 2010 | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- Notice to Produce - claim by Council that a certain document be kept confidential |
| Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2010] NSWLEC 123 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | Dismissed | — | Council | 9 July 2010 | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- notice of motion seeking production by council of documents alleged to have been removed from files and the names of council officers handling files - refusal to assist the council in the identification of the alleged missing documents - no impediment to issuing a subpoena or notice to produce to obtain the documents - motion dismissed |
| Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2010] NSWLEC 139 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 30 June 2010 | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- application for ex parte search order refused. |
| Sevenex Pty Limited v Blue Mountains City Council (No.2) [2010] NSWLEC 101 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 18 June 2010 | APPEAL :- Commissioner refused consent on the basis of permissibility, existing use rights, change of use, principles of construction of consents, categorisation of uses, error of law |
| Blue Mountains City Council v Ralph Douglas Williams [2009] NSWLEC 223 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | Remitted | Subdivision | Council | 9 Dec 2009 | APPEAL :- s 56A appeal - appeal against |
| Blue Mountains City Council v Tzannes [2009] NSWLEC 19 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 6 Mar 2009 | PROSECUTION :- penalty - plea of guilty - strict liability offence of landowner causing trees and vegetation to be cleared without first obtaining development consent - whether offender was told by council officers that she did not require development consent - extent of offender's instructions to contractor who cleared trees and vegetation - objective and subjective sentencing considerations - dismissal of charge without proceeding to conviction - section 10(3) of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedu |
| Blue Mountains City Council v Carlon [2008] NSWLEC 296 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 31 Oct 2008 | Prosecution :- appropriate penalty - offender pleaded guilty to offence of clearing trees and vegetation from land without first obtaining development consent - offender engaged by landowner to clean up land using a bulldozer, which necessitated clearing trees and vegetation - offender believed from conversation with landowner that council had approved what landowner instructed him to do - objective and subjective sentencing considerations - limited means of offender - whether an order should be |
| Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2008] NSWLEC 290 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | Dismissed | — | Council | 10 Oct 2008 | Practice and Procedure :- Notice of Motion to seize Council files |
| Blue Mountains City Council v Kramer [2007] NSWLEC 781 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | Costs | Other | Council | 19 Nov 2007 | Costs :- civil enforcement proceedings - respondent submitted to consent orders in terms of applicant Council's application - whether any disentitling conduct by Council - whether proceedings premature - order for costs made |
| Blue Mountians City Council v Koprivnjak [2003] NSWLEC 158 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | Dismissed | Other | Council | 18 July 2003 | Practice and Procedure :- criminal proceedings - inherent jurisdiction - abuse of process - successive prosecutions - different offences but same evidence - general rule that prosecutor should join offences arising from same facts in one indictment |
| Koprivnjak, J v Blue Mountains Council [2003] NSWLEC 450 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | Costs | Other | Council | 4 Feb 2003 | Costs :- Costs in class 1 matter due to discontinuance of proceedings |
| Thomas v Blue Mountains City Council [2003] NSWLEC 110 | NSW | Blue Mountains City Council | NSWLEC | Interlocutory | Subdivision | Council | 4 Nov 2002 | Practice and Procedure :- application for vacation of hearing dates - applicant suffering from dementia - incompetence - interim order that applicant's son appointed financial manager of estate - pending proceedings determinative |