Holroyd City Council v Khoury

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Amendment notes Medium Neutral Citation: Holroyd City Council v Khoury [2016] NSWLEC 29 Hearing dates:29 March 2016Date of orders: 29 March 2016 Decision date: 29 March 2016 Jurisdiction:Class 4Before: Moore J Decision: At [9] Catchwords: CONTEMPT – orders to attend to answer contempt charge – failure to attend as ordered – bench warrant issued for arrest to bring before the Court Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Category:Procedural and other rulingsParties: Holroyd City Council (Applicant) Robert Khoury (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr M Fozzard, barrister (Applicant) No appearance (Respondent)   Solicitors: Bilias & Associates (Applicant) File Number(s):40945 of 2014Publication restriction:NoEXTEMPORE Judgment HIS HONOUR: Mr Fozzard of counsel read, on behalf of the Applicant, Holroyd City Council, an affidavit of service of Malcolm Colin Grace setting out the steps that were taken to comply with the orders of Sheahan J to bring to the attention of Mr Robert Khoury the necessity for him to attend before me this morning to answer the charge laid by Holroyd City Council that he be held in contempt of orders made by this Court and that he be punished for that contempt. I am satisfied that all the various methods of communication set out in the orders of his Honour have been complied with. When the matter came before me this morning at 9.30 Mr Khoury was not in attendance and I had the court officer call the matter three times outside the Court. There being no attendance in response...