Blackmore Design Group Limited v Manly Council

[2015] NSWLEC 1340

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	Blackmore Design Group Limited v Manly Council [2015] NSWLEC 1340
Hearing dates:	Conciliation conference on
Date of orders:	13 August 2015
Decision date:	13 August 2015
Jurisdiction:	Class 1
Before:	Morris C
Decision:	See (4) below
Catchwords:	DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: commercial; residential development; conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders
Legislation Cited:	Land and Environment Court Act 1979
Category:	Principal judgment
Parties:	Blackmore Design Group Pty Limited (Applicant) Manly Council (Respondent)
Representation:	Counsel: Mr M Staunton (Applicant) Mr T To (Respondent) Solicitors: Sattler & Associates (Applicant) Maddocks Lawyers (Respondent)
File Number(s):	10551 of 2014
Publication restriction:	No

Judgment

1. COMMISSIONER: In this matter, at or after a conciliation conference, an agreement under s 34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (the Court Act) was reached between the parties as to the terms of a decision in the proceedings that was acceptable to the parties. As the presiding Commissioner, I was satisfied that the decision was one that the Court could have made in the proper exercise of its functions (this being the test applied by s 34(3) of the Court Act). As a consequence, s 34(3)(a) of the Act required me to “dispose of the proceedings in accordance with the decision”.

2. The Court Act also required me to “set out in writing the terms of the decision” (s 34(3)(b)). The orders made to give effect to the agreement constitute that document.

3. In making the orders to give effect to the agreement between the parties, I was not required to, and have not, made any merit assessment of the issues that were originally in dispute between the parties.

4. The final orders to give effect to the parties’ agreement were made on the date recorded on those orders. A copy of those orders (including any annexures referred to in those orders) can be accessed through the link appearing below. The date of the orders appears on the first page of the orders.

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Commissioner Morris

10551 of 2015 13 August 2015 (310 KB, pdf)