Brewster Murray v Ku-ring-gai Council

[2015] NSWLEC 1331

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Case Name:	Brewster Murray v Ku-ring-gai Council
Medium Neutral Citation:	[2015] NSWLEC 1331
Hearing Date(s):	Conciliation conference 10 July 2015
Date of Orders:	24 July 2015
Decision Date:	24 July 2015
Jurisdiction:	Class 1
Before:	Tuor C
Decision:	See (4) below
Catchwords:	DEVELOPMENT CONSENT - conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders
Legislation Cited:	Land and Environment Court Act 1979
Category:	Principal judgment
Parties:	Brewster Murray (Applicant) Ku-ring-gai Council (Respondent)
Representation:	Solicitors: Ms P Murray of DibbsBarker (Applicant) Mr A Hudson of Wilshire Webb Staunton Beattie Lawyers (Respondent)
File Number(s):	10388 of 2015

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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   Annelise Tuor

   Commissioner of the Court

   10388 of 2015 Tuor (13.11.15)(s34O) _Amended (71.8 KB, pdf) of 2015 Tuor (C)_amended_13.11.2015 (387 KB, pdf) November 2015 - Orders and conditions amended pursuant to UCPR. 36.17 on 12 August 2015 and 13 November 2015