Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 135

Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 135

The Amended Notice of Motion was dismissed because the documents sought by discovery were directed to alleged conduct in the management of the litigation after commencement and were not relevant to facts in issue in the substantive proceedings challenging Council decisions. The declaratory and prohibitory orders sought were not procedural or interlocutory, did not objectively advance the claims in the principal proceedings, and in significant respects did not engage the Court's jurisdiction. In any event, the discretionary considerations under Div 1 of Pt 6 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 weighed against permitting the motion because it would delay the just, quick and cheap resolution of...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
09 August 2011
Procedural Posture
Class 4 Proceedings / Interlocutory Application by Amended Notice of Motion for Discovery and Declaratory and Prohibitory Relief
Outcome
The applicant's Amended Notice of Motion dated 1 July 2011 was dismissed; costs were reserved.
Legal Topics
['discovery' 'notice of Motion' 'declaratory Relief' 'prohibitory Relief' 'jurisdiction of the Land and Environment Court' 'case Management' 'overriding Purpose' 'model Litigant Obligations' 'conflict of Interest and Apprehended Bias Allegations']
['civil Procedure' 'environmental Planning and Local Government Litigation'] ['discovery' 'notice of Motion' 'declaratory Relief' 'prohibitory Relief' 'jurisdiction of the Land and Environment Court' 'case Management' 'overriding Purpose' 'model Litigant Obligations' 'conflict of Interest and Apprehended Bias Allegations']

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Procedural Posture

Class 4 Proceedings / Interlocutory Application by Amended Notice of Motion for Discovery and Declaratory and Prohibitory Relief

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether discovery should be ordered under Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 21.1 and 21.2 for documents said to relate to facts identified in Appendix B to the Amended Notice of Motion.' 'Whether the declaratory and prohibitory orders sought were appropriate to be pursued by notice of motion in the existing proceedings.' 'Whether the orders sought engaged the jurisdiction or power of the Land and Environment Court.' 'Whether the discretion to make discovery or other procedural orders should be exercised consistently with Div 1 of Pt 6 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005.']

Ratio Decidendi

The Amended Notice of Motion was dismissed because the documents sought by discovery were directed to alleged conduct in the management of the litigation after commencement and were not relevant to facts in issue in the substantive proceedings challenging Council decisions. The declaratory and prohibitory orders sought were not procedural or interlocutory, did not objectively advance the claims in the principal proceedings, and in significant respects did not engage the Court's jurisdiction. In any event, the discretionary considerations under Div 1 of Pt 6 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 weighed against permitting the motion because it would delay the just, quick and cheap resolution of...

Court Disposition

The applicant's Amended Notice of Motion dated 1 July 2011 was dismissed; costs were reserved.

Orders

  • ["The applicant's Amended Notice of Motion dated 1 July 2011 is dismissed." 'Costs reserved.' 'Case management of the proceedings is stood over to a date to be agreed among the parties or otherwise determined by the Court and to be fixed immediately following delivery of this judgment.' 'Exhibits may be returned.']