Brindley v Parramatta City Council

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Case Name:  Brindley v Parramatta City Council Medium Neutral Citation:  [2015] NSWLEC 1160 Hearing Date(s):  4 March 2015 Date of Orders: 19 May 2015 Decision Date:  19 May 2015 Jurisdiction:  Class 1 Before:  Registrar Gray Decision:  1. The respondent pay the applicant’s costs of the proceedings from 14 August 2014, as agreed or assessed. 2. The respondent pay 50% of the applicant’s costs of the notice of motion filed 12 September 2014, as agreed or assessed. 3. Exhibits 2, 3 and 5 be returned Catchwords:  Costs: costs of a conciliation conference; costs of hearing where the consent authority continues to contest the application. Legislation Cited:  Land and Environment Court Rules 2007 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited:  Arden Anglican School v Hornsby Shire Council [2008] NSWLEC 103; (2008) 158 LGERA 224 Brindley v Parramatta City Council [2014] NSWLEC 1193 Gilles v Valuer General of NSW [2011] NSWLEC 1114 Golden Max Pty Ltd v Hurstville City Council [2015] NSWLEC 16 ROI Properties Pty Ltd v Council of City of Sydney [2010] NSWLEC 22 Telstra Corporation Limited v Hornsby Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 285 Category:  Costs Parties:  R Brindley (Applicant) Parramatta City Council (Respondent) Representation:  Counsel: Ms M Saw, barrister (Applicant) Mr A Gough, solicitor (Respondent) Solicitors: N/A (Applicant) Storey & Gough (Respondent) File Number(s):  10073 of 2014 JUDGMENTIn these proceedings, the applicant was successful in its appeal concerning a modification application to extend the hours of a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in...