Local Government Law - Complete Course Notes

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PART A – LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW IN NSW Topic 1 – Purpose of the Act, Council’s Charter, the Community and Councils, Council’s Functions Delta Properties v Brisbane CC Topic 2 – Council’s Service Functions Local Board of Health of the City of Perth v Maley Randwick Corporation v Rutledge Bathurst CC v PWC Properties P/L Topic 3 – Council’s Regulatory Functions Yarnold v Greater Taree Council A-G v PYA Quarries Ltd Twist v Randwick MC White v Ryde MC Randwick MC v Commissioner Govt Transport [also in T4] Inner West Council v Findlay [2019] NSWLEC 96 [T12] (W12 Topical) Topic 4 – Council’s Ancillary Functions R & R Fazzolari P/L v Parramatta CC [T8] Mandurah Enterprises Pty Ltd & Ors v Western Australian Planning Commission Fowler v Taylor Randwick MC v Com Govt Transport [see T3] Topic 5 – Establishment of Councils Durrayappah v Fernando R v Barnett: ex parte Warringah Shire Council Balmain Association Inc v Planning Administrator for Leichhardt Council [T9] Topic 6 – Election to Civic Office Botany MC v Jackson Williamson v Rylstone SC Sydney CC v Griffiths Ex parte Hinds: re Penboss Rin v Duffy Topic 7 – The Staffing of Councils Standard Contract of Employment for General Managers DLG Circular 06-37 Topic 8 – The Operation of Councils Horrocks v Lowe Willoughby MC v Patterson Panagopoulos v Willoughby MC Sutton v Warringah SC Lend Lease Management v Sydney CC R & R Fazzolari P/L v Parramatta CC [see T4] Topic 9 – Accountability of Councils Balmain Assn Inc v Planning Administrator for Leichhardt Council [see T5] Topic 10 – Honesty & Disclosure of Interests Downward v Babington Attorney-General; Anka (Contractors) P/L v Legg Mehajer v Director-General Department Local Govt [2016] (Assignment) Mehajer v Chief Executive of the Office of Local Govt [2014] Topic 11 – The Financing of Councils Warrick Coverdale, V-G Tasmania v West Coast Council Brisbane City Council v Amos [2019] HCA 27 [also T13] Randwick MC v Rutledge [see T2] Bayside CC v Telstra Corporation Ltd The Boy Scouts Association v Sydney CC Sikh Mission Centre (Inc) v Liverpool CC Topic 12 – Offences Inner West Council v Findlay [2019] NSWLEC 96 [see T3] (W12 Topical) Topic 13 – Enforcement North Sydney Council v Ekstein Warringah SC v Sedevcic Waverley MC v PE Bakers [also T15, T16] Bankstown CC v Alamdo Holdings Yarnold v Greater Taree Council [see T3] Hon Brian J Preston, Enforcement of environment and planning laws in NSW [2011] 16 LGLJ 72 [T16, T17] Assignment (not in exam) R v Hickman; ex parte Fox (1945) 70 CLR 598 Darling Casino v NSW Casino Control Authority [1997] HCA 11 Brietkopf v Wyong Council (1996) 90 LGREA 269; [1996] NSWLEC 145 PW Rygate & West v Shoalhaven CC (1996) 91 LGERA 417 Coles Supermarkets Aust v Min for Urban Planning (1996) 90 LGERA 341 Londish v Knox Grammar School (1997) 97 LGERA 1 Plaintiff S157/20025 v Cth Refugee Case [2003] HCA 2 (4 February 2003) Anisminic Ltd v The Foreign Compensation Commission and Anor (1969) 2 AC 147 Minister for Planning v Walker [2008] NSWCA 224 PART B - PLANNING LAW IN NSW T14 – A Brief History of Planning Law in NSW Stockland Development Pty Ltd v Manly Council Telstra Corporation Ltd v Hornsby SC Telstra Corporation v Melbourne City Council [2020] FCA 305 Minister for Planning v Walker Case Note on above: (2010) 15LGLJ 133 T15 – Development Assessment, & Existing Use Rights Aquatic Airways v Warringah SC Weston Aluminium P/L v EPA Stockland Development P/L v Manly Council [see T14] Gloucester Resources Ltd v Minister for Planning [2019] NSWLEC 7 R (Friends of the Earth) v Secretary of State for Transport [2020] EWCA Civ 214 Waverley MC v PE Bakers [see T13, T16] MM & SW Enterprises P/L v Strathfield MC T16 – Zoning/Planning Certificates, Building Certificates Managing Environmental Conflict, Enforcement of Environmental and Planning Laws in NSW Waverley MC v P E Bakers [see T13, T15] Dept Environment & Climate Change v Hudson Hon Brian J Preston, Enforcement of environment and planning laws in NSW [2011] 16 LGLJ 72 [see T13, T17] Topic 17 – Actionable Liability of Councils, Council Prosecutions, and Criminal Proceedings in the LEC Wyong SC v Shirt Hon Brian J Preston, Enforcement of environment and planning laws in NSW [2011] 16 LGLJ 72 [T13, T16]