Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 54

Jeray v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 54

The amended notice of motion was dismissed because the requested production was largely an impermissible attempt to relitigate findings made in the contempt proceedings, and the requested documents were generally already provided, not relevant to a fact in issue, private and confidential, available for inspection by an appropriate course, or non-existent; there was no evidence supporting Mr Jeray's serious allegations about removal or non-production of records.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
08 April 2011
Procedural Posture
Class 4 Proceedings; Interlocutory Application / Applicant's Amended Notice of Motion Filed on 25 March 2011 Seeking Production of Documents and to Set Aside Orders Made by Craig J on 4 March 2011
Outcome
Applicant's amended notice of motion filed on 25 March 2011 dismissed with costs; directions made for the future conduct of the proceedings.
Legal Topics
['application to Set Aside Orders in Contempt Proceedings' 'production of Documents' 'access to Council Records' 'relevance to Facts in Issue' 'uniform Civil Procedure Rules Powers to Set Aside Orders']
['contempt' 'practice and Procedure' 'local Government'] ['application to Set Aside Orders in Contempt Proceedings' 'production of Documents' 'access to Council Records' 'relevance to Facts in Issue' 'uniform Civil Procedure Rules Powers to Set Aside Orders']

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Procedural Posture

Class 4 Proceedings; Interlocutory Application / Applicant's Amended Notice of Motion Filed on 25 March 2011 Seeking Production of Documents and to Set Aside Orders Made by Craig J on 4 March 2011

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the orders made by Craig J on 4 March 2011 in the contempt proceedings should be set aside.' 'Whether the Council should be required to provide the documents and information sought in the amended notice of motion before that application was heard.' 'Whether the documents sought were relevant to any fact in issue in the contempt proceedings or the main proceedings, already provided, or non-existent.']

Ratio Decidendi

The amended notice of motion was dismissed because the requested production was largely an impermissible attempt to relitigate findings made in the contempt proceedings, and the requested documents were generally already provided, not relevant to a fact in issue, private and confidential, available for inspection by an appropriate course, or non-existent; there was no evidence supporting Mr Jeray's serious allegations about removal or non-production of records.

Court Disposition

Applicant's amended notice of motion filed on 25 March 2011 dismissed with costs; directions made for the future conduct of the proceedings.

Orders

  • ["The applicant's amended notice of motion filed on 25 March 2011 is dismissed." "The applicant is to pay the respondent's costs of that notice of motion." 'The exhibits may be returned.' 'The directions made on 18 February 2011 are vacated.' 'The applicant is to file and serve any evidence and (if he wishes) any...