Oscars Hotel Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Sydney

[2016] NSWLEC 1111

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	Oscars Hotel Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Sydney [2016] NSWLEC 1111
Hearing dates:	Conciliation conference on 23 March 2016
Date of orders:	31 March 2016
Decision date:	31 March 2016
Jurisdiction:	Class 1
Before:	Fakes C
Decision:	See (4) below
Catchwords:	SECTION 121B ORDER: Fire Safety Order; order modified; conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders
Legislation Cited:	Land and Environment Court Act 1979
Category:	Principal judgment
Parties:	Oscars Hotel Pty Ltd (Applicant) Council of the City of Sydney (Respondent)
Representation:	Applicant: Mr M Staunton (Barrister) Respondent: Ms K Morrin (Solicitor)   Solicitors: Applicant: Pikes & Verekers Lawyers Respondent: Council of the City of Sydney
File Number(s):	11080 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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Judy Fakes

Commissioner of the Court

11080 of 2015 s 34 order (8.10 KB, pdf)

11080 of 2015 Annexure A - Modified fire safety order (94.8 KB, pdf)