Alpha Tria Pty Limited v City of Sydney [2015] NSWLEC 1214
The Court is required to make orders to give effect to the agreement reached by the parties under s 34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979, without making a merit assessment of the original issues in dispute.
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- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 17 June 2015
- Procedural Posture
- Development Application / Conciliation Conference; Final Orders Following Agreement
- Outcome
- Proceedings disposed of in accordance with the agreement under s 34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979.
- Legal Topics
- ['development Application' 'conciliation Conference' 'section 34(3) Agreement']
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Procedural Posture
Development Application / Conciliation Conference; Final Orders Following Agreement
Legal Issues
- 1 ['Whether the Court should make orders disposing of proceedings in accordance with a section 34(3) agreement under the Land and Environment Court Act 1979']
Ratio Decidendi
The Court is required to make orders to give effect to the agreement reached by the parties under s 34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979, without making a merit assessment of the original issues in dispute.
Court Disposition
Proceedings disposed of in accordance with the agreement under s 34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979.
Orders
- ['Orders made as per agreement between the parties; see orders publicly available via court records.']
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Land and Environment Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Alpha Tria Pty Limited v City of Sydney [2015] NSWLEC 1214 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on May 8, 18, 20 & 27, and June 1 & 4, 2015 Date of orders: 17 June 2015 Decision date: 17 June 2015 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: AC Smithson 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: Alpha Tria Pty Limited (Applicant) City of Sydney (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr A. Stafford (Applicant) Solicitors: Mr D. Sekel (Applicant) Mr P. Canning (Respondent) File Number(s): 10245 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. ……………. Acting Commissioner Smithson 10245 of 2015 Smithson (O) (289 KB, pdf) DISCLAIMER - Every effort has been made to comply with suppression orders or statutory provisions prohibiting publication that may apply to this judgment or decision. The onus remains on any person using material in the judgment or decision to ensure that the intended use of that material does not breach any such order or provision. Further enquiries may be directed to the Registry of the Court or Tribunal in which it was generated. Decision last updated: 18 June 2015