Hurstville City Council v Jacobs

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Hurstville City Council v Jacobs and Anor [2015] NSWLEC 127 Hearing dates:17 July 2015Date of orders: 17 July 2015 Decision date: 17 July 2015 Jurisdiction:Class 4Before: Moore AJ Decision: See [4] Catchwords: COSTS – substantive orders by consent – costs reserved – costs orders made Category:CostsParties: Hurstville City Council (Applicant) Kevin Roy Jacobs (First Respondent) Estate of Ronald John Jacobs (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Cottom, Solicitor (Applicant) No appearance (First Respondent) Submitting Appearance (Second Respondent)   Solicitors: HWL Ebsworth Lawyers (Applicant) File Number(s):40060 of 2015Publication restriction:NoEXTEMPORE Judgment HIS HONOUR: I am satisfied that Mr Jacobs was on notice of the costs hearing today by virtue of his appearance before the Registrar on 6 June when this matter was set down for hearing today. I have read the outline of submissions by Mr Cottom as to why costs in the proceedings should be ordered against Mr Kevin Roy Jacobs as the First Respondent. As Mr Jacobs had not been in Court at the commencement of the proceedings today, I arranged for him to be called three times outside the courtroom and, there being no response to that call, I have proceeded to deal with the matters in his absence. I am satisfied that, as a consequence of Mr Jacobs being a self-represented litigant, that it would be appropriate to do two things: First, to make the Order for Costs that is sought by the Council but to do so in a...