Roderick Morton v Woollahra Municipal Council

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Roderick Morton v Woollahra Municipal Council [2016] NSWLEC 171 Hearing dates:07 October 2016Date of orders: 07 October 2016 Decision date: 07 October 2016 Jurisdiction:Class 1Before: Robson J Decision: (1)   The Notice of Motion filed on 5 October 2016 be dismissed. Catchwords: JOINDER – application for joinder – statutory tests – issues proposed to be raised by applicant for joinder likely to be sufficiently addressed – public interest – joinder refused Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW) ss 34AA, 38, 39 Cases Cited: Denoc Holdings Pty Ltd v Orange City Council [2016] NSWLEC 129 Double Bay Marina Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council (1985) 54 LGRA 313 Morrison Design Partnership Pty Limited v North Sydney Council and Director-General of the Department of Planning (2007) 159 LGERA 361; [2007] NSWLEC 802 Suh v Liverpool City Council (2016) 216 LGERA 84; [2016] NSWLEC 25 Category:Procedural and other rulingsParties: Roderick Morton (Applicant) Woollahra Municipal Council (Respondent) Lawrence Lau (Applicant for Joinder) Representation: Counsel: J Reid (Applicant) C Campbell (solicitor) (Respondent) M Wright (Applicant for Joinder)   Solicitors: Lindsay Taylor Lawyers (Respondent) Storey and Gough Lawyers (Applicant for Joinder) File Number(s):2016/00178543EX TEMPORE Judgment By Notice of Motion filed 5 October 2016, the intervener, Dr Lawrence Lau, seeks an order pursuant to s 39A of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW) (‘LEC Act’) to join the proceedings. Alternatively, Dr Lau seeks an order under s 38 of the LEC Act that leave...