Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council

Jeray and others (the applicants) sought leave to appeal from decisions of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales. The respondents were the Blue Mountains City Council and others. The nature of the dispute between the parties is not detailed in the provided text, but it concerned appeals from decisions made by the Land and Environment Court.

The primary legal issue before the Court of Appeal was whether the applicants had demonstrated an arguable case for leave to appeal. This required the Court to consider whether there were substantial points of law or fact that warranted further appellate review of the Land and Environment Court's decisions.

The Court of Appeal, comprising Giles and Whealy JJA, dismissed the applications for leave to appeal. The reasoning for this dismissal was that the applicants had failed to demonstrate an arguable case. Consequently, the Court ordered that the applicants pay the respondents' costs of the applications for leave to appeal, as well as the reserved costs of stay applications in two of the matters.