Appeals against a Land and Environment Court decision - Outcomes and order

Giving judgment

At the conclusion of the hearing or at a later date, the judge hearing the proceedings will give judgment.  The judgment will state the decision and orders and give reasons for making the decision. 

Further information is available on:

• judgments and orders
• enforcement
• costs.

Orders

The Court may dismiss the appeal or cross-appeal or uphold the appeal or cross-appeal.  If the Court upholds the appeal or cross-appeal, the Court may:

• remit the matter to the commissioner for determination by the commissioner in accordance with the decision of the Court; or
• make such other order in relation to the appeal or cross-appeal as seems fit ( s 56A(2) of the Land and Environment Court Act).

Appeals against the Court’s decision

A party to an appeal or cross-appeal under s 56A of the Land and Environment Court Act may only appeal against the Court’s decision on such an appeal or cross-appeal to the NSW Court of Appeal with leave of that Court ( s 57(1) and s 57(4) of the Land and Environment Court Act).