Land and Environment Court decisions relating to mining

Judges decisions

 

2009

Gold mine - modification of Part 3A approval

Williams v Minister for Planning [2009] NSWLEC 5 reversed on appeal Barrick Australia Ltd v Williams [2009] NSWCA 275

Validation of exploration licence - maximim costs order

Caroona Coal Action Group Inc v Coal Mines Australia Pty Limited and Minister for Mineral Resources [2009] NSWLEC 165

Extractive industry - intensification - whether existing use

Shoalhaven City Council v South Coast Concrete Crushing & Recycling Pty Ltd [2009] NSWLEC 197

Shoalhaven City Council v South Coast Concrete Crushing & Recycling Pty Ltd [2010] NSWLEC 80 (costs) 

Validity of Part 3A approval of underground coal mine

Rivers SOS Inc v Minister for Planning [2009] NSWLEC 213 (judicial review)

Rivers SOS Inc v Minister for Planning (No 2) [2009] NSWLEC 216 (admissibility of expert evidence)

 

2010

Validity of exploration licences Validity of modification development consent for gold mine – judicial review                      

Caroona Coal Action Group Inc v Coal Mines Australia Pty Limited and Minister for Mineral Resources (No 2) [2010] NSWLEC 1 (judicial review)

Caroona Coal Action Group Inc v Coal

Exploration licence application - s 56A appeal

Martin v Director General, New South Wales Department of Industry and Investment & Ors [2010] NSWLEC 21

Practice and procedure – motion for summary judgment dismissed

Martin v State of NSW [2010] NSWLEC 247

Limestone quarry - development consent - threatened species and cave biota     

Newcastle & Hunter Valley Speleological Society Inc v Upper Hunter Shire Council and Stoneco Pty Limited [2010] NSWLEC 48 (objector appeal to development consent)

Newcastle & Hunter Valley Speleological Society Inc v Upper Hunter Shire Council and Stoneco Pty Limited (No 2) [2010] NSWLEC 104 (conditions of consent)

Compensation claims s 265 Mining Act 1992 - access to mine by experts

Austar Coal Mine Pty Limited ACN 111 910 822 v Mitchell & Ors [2010] NSWLEC 74

Practice and procedure – motion for summary judgment dismissed

Martin v State of New South Wales (no 2)  [2010] NSWLEC 271

Practice and procedure – discovery

Martin v State of New South Wales (no 2)  [2010] NSWLEC 271

Validity of modification of development consent for gold mine – judicial review

Williams v NSW Minister for Planning (No 3) [2010] NSWLEC 204 and Williams v NSW Minister for Planning (No 4) [2010] NSWLEC 222

2011

Security for cost                                   

Martin v State of New South Wales & Anor [2011] NSWLEC 20

Practice and procedure – points of claim struck out
Unlawful mining of opals – s 56A appeal

Der & Anor v King [2011] NSWLEC 23

Costs of unsuccessful judicial review challenge

Martin v NSW Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources [2011] NSWLEC 38

Validity of exploration licence - judicial review

Martin v State of New South Wales and Central West Scientific Pty Ltd [2011] NSWLEC 50

Practice and procedure – whether Notice to Produce should be set aside – documents sought in support of motion for security of costs

Martin v State of New South Wales [2011] NSWLEC 63

Practice and procedure - leave for litigant in person to issue subpoenas - pleading struck out in part - Notice to Produce set aside

Martin v State of New South Wales (No 3) [2011] NSWLEC 88

Practice and procedure – applications for summary judgment stay of proceedings pending appeal of unrelated matters by litigant, transfer of proceedings to court of appeal amendment of summons and joinder of new parties

Martin v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2011] NSWLEC 108

Practice and procedures - claim against certain respondents struck out for lack of a cause of action

Martin v State of New South Wales [2011] NSWLEC 126

Practice and procedure – application for summary judgment – stay of orders

Martin v State of New South Wales [2011] NSWLEC 129

Validity of modification of development consent for gold mine – judicial review

Williams v Minister for Planning and Anor (No 2) [2011] NSWLEC 62

Practice and procedure –application for joinder by non-party

Ashton Coal Operations Pty Ltd v Director General, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (No 2) [2011] NSWLEC 116 – reversing the decision in [2011] NSWLEC 1162

 

2014

Environmental offences - failure to report spill incident that threatenedmaterial harm to the environment and failures to accurately report compliance against petroleum operations plan

Connell v Santos NSW Pty Limited [2014] NSWLEC 1

 

Commissioner's decisions

 

2009

Access arrangement - review of arbitrator's determination                       

Rosane Pty Limited v T & P Clarke; N Perry & R Armstrong v T & P Clarke [2009] NSWLEC 1282

Exploration licence application - summary dismissal

Martin v New South Wales Department of Industry and Investment [2009] NSWLEC 1447

2010

Compensation claim s 298 Mining Act 1992  - unlawful mining of opals 

King v Der [2010] NSWLEC 1249

2011

Exploration licence application - s 293(1)(q)(ii) Mining Act 1992 - judicial review   

Martin v Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources  [2011] NSWLEC 1011 

Expansion of quarry – development application refused – public benefit – adverse amenity impacts

Champions Quarry Pty Limited v Lismore City Council [2011] NSWLEC 1124

Coal mine – application for Aboriginal heritage impact permit

Ashton Coal Operations Pty Ltd v Director General, Department of Environment Clime Change and Water (No 3) [2011] NSWLEC 1249