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29/07/2026	Judicial Newsletter Volume 18 Issue 2
01/07/2026	Court Fee Increase 2026
18/06/2026	Justice Preston's Mahla Pearlman Oration 2026 paper
25/05/2026	Associate to Justice Robson
15/04/2026	Judicial Newsletter Volume 18 Issue 1
08/04/2026	Senior Deputy Registrar position
09/02/2026	Expressions of interest - tipstaff positions in 2027
17/12/2025	Update: early relocation of the Land and Environment Court registry counter and courtrooms
01/12/2025	Associate to the Chief Judge
17/11/2025	Appointment of Acting Commissioners
12/11/2025	Amended Practice Notes - Class 3 Valuation Objections and Class 3 Compensation Claims
27/10/2025	Commissioner and Acting Commissioner Reappointments
20/10/2025	Judicial Newsletter Volume 17 Issue 3
15/09/2025	Court Vacation 2025 - 2026
08/07/2025	Associate to Pain J
01/07/2025	Court Fee Increase 2025
23/06/2025	Judicial Newsletter Volume 17 Issue 2
04/06/2025	Expressions of Interest - Tipstaff positions in 2026
08/04/2025	Vale: The Honourable Neal Bignold
12/03/2025	New Court locations
05/03/2025	Richard Beasley SC appointed as a judge of the Court
04/03/2025	Judicial Newsletter Volume 17 Issue 1
14/02/2025	Congratulations - Order of Australia for Chief Judge
17/12/2024	Commissioner Reappointments
21/11/2024	Generative AI Practice Note
19/11/2024	Court Technology Pages updated
05/11/2024	Associate (part-time) to Justice Robson
31/10/2024	2023 Annual Review
23/09/2024	2023 AustLII Database Metrics and Statistics
10/09/2024	Amended new Practice Note - Class 3 Compensation Claims and Site Inspections Policy
01/07/2024	Court Fee Increase 2024
25/06/2024	Vale: The Honourable Paul Leon Stein AM KC
03/05/2024	Appointment of Acting Commissioners
03/05/2024	Appointment of Commissioners
22/04/2024	Court Vacation 2024 - 2025
12/04/2024	Appointment of Commissioner
26/03/2024	ADR Group of the Year 2024
08/03/2024	Amended new Practice Note - Class 3 Valuation Objections and Class 3 Compensation Claims
06/03/2024	Judicial Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 1
22/02/2024	New Class 3 Practice Notes
05/10/2023	Judicial Newsletter Volume 15 Issue 3
19/09/2023	Upcoming Email Interruptions 29 September and 6 October Weekends
04/08/2023	Court Vacation Period 2023 - 2024
05/07/2023	Appointment of Senior Commissioner and Commissioners
01/07/2023	Court Fee Increase 2023
19/06/2023	Electronic Filing Policy
05/06/2023	2022 AustLII Database Metrics and Statistics
01/06/2023	Judicial Newsletter Volume 15 Issue 2
14/03/2023	Judicial Newsletter Volume 15 Issue 1
24/02/2023	New Acting Commissioner Appointments
18/11/2022	Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic Arrangements Policy for the Land and Environment Court of NSW
11/11/2022	Judicical Newsletter Volume 14 Issue 3
31/10/2022	New Judge Announced
12/09/2022	Court Vacation 2022 - 2023
12/09/2022	Arrangements for the National Day of Mourning Public Holiday on 22 September 2022
25/08/2022	2021 Annual Review
28/07/2022	New Senior Deputy Registrar and Deputy Registrar
11/07/2022	Judicial Newsletter Volume 14 Issue 2
07/07/2022	2021 AustLII Database Metics and Statistics
05/07/2022	Court Fee Increase 2022
31/05/2022	Land and Environment Court Anniversary Conference and Dinner
26/04/2022	Judicial Newsletter Volume 14 Issue 1
16/03/2022	Save the Date: The Land and Environment Court Anniversary Conference and Dinner
18/02/2022	COVID-19 Pandemic Arrangements Policy February 2022
11/02/2022	Court Wi-Fi
20/12/2021	Judicial Newsletter Volume 13 Issue 3
01/12/2021	COVID-19 Pandemic Arrangements Policy December 2021
28/10/2021	Registry Counter Operations - Reopening
14/10/2021	New Acting Commissioner Appointments
30/09/2021	2020 Annual Review
08/09/2021	Updated 2020 Database Metrics and Statistics for the Court
25/08/2021	Court Vacation 2021 - 2022
17/08/2021	Judicial Newsletter Volume 13 Issue 2
16/08/2021	Registry Counter Operations
01/07/2021	Court Fee Increase 2021
24/06/2021	COVID-19 - Requirements for Attending the Land and Environment Court
06/05/2021	Template for Modification of Development Consents
07/04/2021	Judical Newsletter Volume 13 Issue 1
01/04/2021	COVID-19 Pandemic Arrangements Policy
22/03/2021	The 2020 Database Metric and Statistics for the Court
08/03/2021	Fitted Face Coverings (Masks) for Users of the Land and Environment Court (Update)
25/02/2021	Updated Template for Court-granted Development Consent
08/01/2021	Fitted Face Coverings (Masks) for Users of the Land and Envrionment Court
22/12/2020	Template for Court-granted Development Consent
18/12/2020	New Land and Environment Court Website
10/12/2020	COVID-19 Pandemic Arrangements Policy
10/12/2020	New Class 5 Practice Note
26/11/2020	Court Vacation 2020-2021
26/11/2020	Superlists
19/11/2020	ADR Innovation of the Year Award
06/11/2020	New Acting Commissioner appointments
14/09/2020	New Criminal Filings Email Address
06/09/2020	Notices of Motion Before the Registrar
25/08/2020	Observing Proceedings by Microsoft Teams
31/07/2020	2019 Annual Review now available
21/07/2020	New Subpoena Practices Practice Note
17/07/2020	Judicial Newsletter
01/07/2020	COVID-19 Pandemic Arrangements Policy
01/07/2020	Court Fee Increase
22/06/2020	LEC 40th Anniversary Conference Postponed
27/05/2020	Microsoft Teams Practitioner's Fact Sheet
15/05/2020	Land and Environment Court (Amendment No 1) Rule 2020
07/05/2020	Delegation to Registrars under section 13 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005
06/05/2020	Commissioner Elizabeth Espinosa Appointed
04/05/2020	Court Vacation 2020-2021
28/04/2020	Judicial Newsletter
21/04/2020	The 2019 AustLII Database Metric and Statistics for the Court
21/04/2020	Early Listing Dates for Conciliation Conferences and Hearings
08/04/2020	New Acting Commissioner Appointments
24/03/2020	COVID-19 Further Restrictions
24/03/2020	New COVID-19 Pandemic Arrangements Policy
20/03/2020	New filing arrangements at the Land and Environment Court
19/03/2020	Application to the Court where self-isolation necessary
18/03/2020	Minimising the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) update
18/03/2020	Duty lawyer Scheme
13/03/2020	Minimising the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19)

Last updated: 30 July 2026

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