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Smits v Moreton Bay Regional Council[2009] QPEC 63

Smits v Moreton Bay Regional Council[2009] QPEC 63

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Editorial Notes

  • Published Case Name:

    Smits v Moreton Bay Regional Council & Ors; Tendiris Pty Ltd v Moreton Bay Regional Council & Ors

  • Shortened Case Name:

    Smits v Moreton Bay Regional Council

  • MNC:

    [2009] QPEC 63

  • Court:

    QPEC

  • Judge(s):

    Robin DCJ

  • Date:

    15 Jul 2009

Litigation History

EventCitation or FileDateNotes
Primary JudgmentPines Rivers Shire Council (no citation or file number)25 Mar 2003Mr Ogle applied for a development application in respect of land owned by him for a material change of use for a low density residential subdivision comprising 207 allotments; application refused by decision notice
Primary Judgment[2004] QPEC 7110 Nov 2004Tendiris applied for an order joining it as an appellant to Mr Ogle's appeal against Council's decision made on 25 March 2003; where relevant land now owned by Tendiris; ordered that Tendiris file separate notice of appeal: Robin QC DCJ
Primary Judgment[2004] QPEC 9113 Dec 2004Tendiris applied for extension of time to commence new appeal and directions for service; orders as per draft: Robin QC DCJ
Primary JudgmentP & E Appeal No 1313 of 200321 Aug 2007Mr Smits, the sole director of Tendiris, applied pursuant to r 69 of the UCPR to remove Mr Ogle from his appeal and substitute Tendiris as the appellant; application refused: Rackemann DCJ
Primary Judgment[2009] QPEC 6315 Jul 2009Council applied for orders consolidating two separate appeals against same decision; ordered that appeals of Mr Ogle and Tendiris be consolidated and stayed until appellants have common legal representation: Robin QC DCJ
Primary Judgment[2009] QPEC 8826 Aug 2009Mr Smits and Tendiris applied for an order varying the stay ordered in [2009] QPEC 63 to set the matter down for further mention; order as per draft: Robin QC DCJ
Primary Judgment[2010] QPEC 3109 Apr 2010Tendiris applied for a declaration that a proposed change to its development application was a "minor change" within the meaning of section 4.1.52(2)(b) of the Integrated Planning Act 1997; declaration that proposed changes were not a minor change: Newton DCJ
Appeal Determined (QCA)[2008] QCA 23208 Aug 2008Tendiris applied for leave to appeal against orders of Rackermann DCJ made on 21 August 2007; leave granted, appeal allowed and ordered that Mr Ogle be removed from his appeal and substituted with Mr Smits: Keane and Muir JJA and Mackenzie AJA
Appeal Determined (QCA)[2010] QCA 34910 Dec 2010Tendiris and Mr Smits applied for leave to appeal against [2010] QPEC 31; application refused with costs: Holmes, Fraser and Chesterman JJA
Special Leave Discontinued (HCA)[2009] HCATrans 9706 May 2009Tendiris and Mr Smits applied for an order that Mr Ogle and his solicitors, Cranston McEachern Solicitors, pay their costs thrown away by failing to file a notice of discountenance of Mr Ogle's application for special leave against [2008] QCA 232 following his sequestration; various orders as to costs made: Kiefel J

Appeal Status

Appeal Determined - Special Leave Discontinued (HCA)

Cases Cited

Case NameFull CitationFrequency
Dehsabzi v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd (No. 3) [2008] NSWDC 2731 citation
Ecovale Pty Ltd v Gold Coast (1997) QPELR 3441 citation
Ecovale Pty Ltd v Gold Coast City Council [1999] 2 Qd R 351 citation
Fox v Olsen [1999] SASC 4111 citation
Hamod v State of New South Wales [2001] FCA 1571 citation
Hawkesbury v Mushroom Composters Pty Ltd [1995] NSWLEC 871 citation
Heilbronn & Partners v Gold Coast City Council [2005] QPELR 3861 citation
Kirby v Centro Properties Ltd [2008] FCA 15051 citation
Leda Holdings Pty Ltd v Caboolture SC[2007] 1 Qd R 467; [2006] QCA 411 citation
Lewis v Daily Telegraph (No 2) (1964) 2 QB 6011 citation
Ogle v Pine Rivers SC [2008] QCA 232 3 citations
Ogle v Pine Rivers Shire Council & Ors [2005] QPELR 2912 citations
Sushames v Pine Rivers Shire Council[2007] 1 Qd R 382; [2006] QCA 1714 citations

Cases Citing

Case NameFull CitationFrequency
Darwen v Pacific Reef Fisheries (Australia) Pty Ltd [2011] QPEC 171 citation
Petroleum Design & Management Pty Limited v Whitsunday Regional Council [2009] QPEC 1151 citation
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