Mosman Municipal Council v Spice (No 3)

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Mosman Municipal Council v Spice (No 3) [2015] NSWLEC 189 Hearing dates:3 December 2015Date of orders: 03 December 2015 Decision date: 03 December 2015 Jurisdiction:Class 6Before: Biscoe J Decision: Appellant’s notice of motion for costs filed on 26 August 2015 in each proceeding is dismissed. Catchwords: COSTS – successful appellant prosecutor moves for orders that respondents pay costs of appeal from Local Court. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001 ss 49(4), 70 Suitors’ Fund Act 1951 Cases Cited: Mosman Municipal Council v Spice (No 2) [2015] NSWLEC 136 Queanbeyan City Council v Kovacevic [2015] NSWLEC 152 Simpson v Office of Environment and Heritage [2014] NSWLEC 34, 205 LGERA 17 Category:Principal judgmentParties: 60302 of 2015 Mosman Municipal Council (Applicant) Wayne Spice (Respondent)   60303 of 2015 Mosman Municipal Council (Applicant) Fiona Nolleen Sorrenson (Respondent) Representation: COUNSEL: A Isaacs (Applicant) C McFadzean, solicitor (Respondents)   SOLICITORS: Pikes & Verekers (Applicant) Swaab (Respondents) File Number(s):60302/15 and 60303/15EX TEMPORE Judgment The successful appellant/prosecutor in Class 6 proceedings moves for orders that the respondents pay the costs of the appeal from the Local Court. I upheld an appeal on a question of law by the prosecutor Council against the Local Court’s dismissal of proceedings for an environmental offence of cutting down and lopping trees, and remitted the matter to the Local Court to be determined according to law: Mosman Municipal Council v Spice (No 2) [2015] NSWLEC 136. I held that the Local Court erred...