BEESLEY & HUGHES
LAWYERS of Bangalow & Murwillumbah
ABN 28 292 644 327
BEESLEY
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HUGHES
LAWYERS of Bangalow &
Murwillumbah
ABN 28
292 644 327
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Owen Hughes BA LLB. Assoc. MAPA Solicitor |
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Alana Lee |
Conveyancing
Environmental Planning
Litigation & Family Law
Wills & Probate
General legal matters
Criminal Law
Contract Law
Mr Hughes was previously a legal officer with the former Department of Planning with responsibilities for the carriage of complex litigation, legislative drafting and advising.
In a number of cases, the former Minister for Planning intervened in court proceedings in the Land & Environment Court. Mr Hughes had the carriage of those matters, including a five-week case concerning the mini-steel mill at Rooty Hill and an important case on Section 94 contributions.
Mr Hughes also delivered papers to industry on environmental law issues.
Mr Hughes does complex litigation.
Click below for copies of successful judgements and articles.
Levenstrath
Community Association Incorporated v Council of the Shire of Nymboida [1999]
NSWSC 989 (29 September 1999)
Robson
v Tweed Council [2000] NSWLEC 170
REGINALD BENSON v SUTHERLAND SHIRE COUNCIL [1995] NSWLEC 94 (16 June 1995)
D T R Securities Pty Limited v. Sutherland Shire Council [1993] NSWLEC 23 (24 March 1993)
Collin C Donges & Assoc Pty Ltd v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [1989] NSWLEC 39 (4 May 1989)
OVERTON INVESTMENTS PTY LIMITED v. SUTHERLAND SHIRE COUNCIL [1992] NSWLEC 36 (26 June 1992)
PATRIAL HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED v. SUTHERLAND SHIRE COUNCIL [1995] NSWLEC 51 (29 March 1995)
Asquith v The Minister for Planning and Local Government & Ors [1989] NSWLEC 104 (1 October 1989)
Over Our Dead Body Society Inc v Byron Bay Community Association Inc [2001] NSWLEC 125 (8 June 2001)
Summary of other successful judgements
for the writer while representing Sutherland Shire Council (not reported):
* Mr
Hughes represented the Council having a refusal for a large bottle
shop in an an industrial area refused. The case was served before former
Chief Justice Pearlman CJ of the Land and Environment Court.
* In
Wallis and Moore Pty. Ltd. &
Australian Housing and Land v Sutherland Shire Council, a 4-day case, Mr Hughes successfully had a refusal of 3 fast food outlets, a
Sizzler restaurant and a service station refused on land at Menai.
It was interesting that on the other side of the road from the
development site, the Council was proposing a similar development but had not
reached the development application stage.
The Council was the consent authority for the other proposal.
Zoning and conflict of interest were issues in the litigation.
* In another decision, Miller v Sutherland SC, Mr Justice Bignold refused a development consent on the basis that the approval would be contrary to the public interest. That was the sole basis for the refusal being upheld.
* Mr Hughes also appeared for the Council in proceedings against the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation concerning the transfer of radio-active waste. The Land and Environment Court of NSW issued in those proceedings an injunction restraining the transfer of radio-active waste.
* Sutherland SC v Pedy Concrete Co. Pty. Ltd. 77 LGRA 333 was a successful prosecution for water pollution.
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16 Byron Street, Bangalow NSW 2479
and at Suites 13 & 14, Tweed Arcade, 2 Queen Street, Murwillumbah, by appointment.
Postal address: PO Box 41, Bangalow NSW 2479
E-mail: bhsols@beesleyandhughes.com.au
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