Australia, Sept. 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Aug. 8:
1. The Applicant (Mrs Malass) has commenced a Class 1 development appeal of the refusal of a development application lodged in 2024 (2024 DA) by Strathfield Municipal Council (Council) for premises in Boden Avenue Strathfield (the property). The Council filed a notice of motion seeking summary dismissal of the Class 1 appeal on the basis of an abuse of process due to the 2024 DA's similarity to an earlier development application lodged in 2020 (2020 DA). I dismissed that motion on 9 May 2025 in Malass v Strathfield Municipal Council [2025] NSWLEC 44 (May judgment). Mrs Malass now seeks her costs of that notice of motion relyin...