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Woollahra Municipal Council v. Minister for Local Government & Ors

Case No. S141/2017

Case information

Lower Court Judgment

22/12/2016 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal) (Bathurst CJ, Beazley P, Ward JA)

[2016] NSWCA 380

Documents

12/05/2017 Hearing (SLA, Canberra)

19/05/2017 Notice of appeal

16/06/2017 Written submissions (Appellant)

16/06/2017 Chronology (Appellant)

23/06/2017 Written submissions (Randwick City Council seeking leave to intervene)

07/07/2017 Written submissions (First Respondent)

21/07/2017 Reply

20/10/2017 Summons

26/10/2017 Hearing (Single Justice, Sydney)

29/11/2017 Hearing (Single Justice, Sydney) - Special leave revoked