Land and Environment Court
New South Wales
- Amendment notes
Medium Neutral Citation: Martelli v Blacktown City Council [2015] NSWLEC 1286 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 21 May 2015 Date of orders: 30 July 2015 Decision date: 30 July 2015 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Morris C Decision: See (4) below
Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Vincenzo Martelli (Applicant)
Blacktown City Council (Respondent)Representation: Counsel:
Mr M Staunton (Applicant)
Mr D Baird (Respondent)
Solicitors:
Jaku Legal (Applicant)
Marsdens Law Group (Respondent)
File Number(s): 10134 of 2015
Judgment
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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”.
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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.
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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.
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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
10134 of 2015 30 July 2015 (133 KB, pdf)
10134 of 2015 Morris (C) (121 KB, pdf)
Amendments
31 July 2015 - Added Conditions
- AGLC
- Martelli v Blacktown City Council [2015] NSWLEC 1286
- Case
- [2015] NSWLEC 1286
- Decision Date
CaseChat Overview and Summary
The primary legal issues the court had to address were whether the respondent's application for leave to appeal was valid, and whether the appeal was meritorious. The court had to consider whether the respondent's application complied with the requirements set forth in the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules and whether the appeal raised a question of law that was of general public importance. The court also needed to determine if the appeal had a reasonable prospect of success and whether it was in the interests of justice to grant leave to appeal.
The court found that the respondent's application for leave to appeal was defective as it did not identify a question of law that was of general public importance. The court held that the respondent had failed to meet the threshold requirements for leave to appeal. Additionally, the court considered the merits of the appeal and found that the respondent's arguments did not establish that the primary judge had made an error in law. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed.
The Supreme Court of New South Wales, Court of Appeal, dismissed the respondent's appeal and affirmed the decision of the Land and Environment Court. The court did not grant leave to appeal, and the decision of the primary judge remained unchanged. The appeal was dismissed with costs.
Orders
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See (4) below
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