Australia, April 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 21:
1. By a notice of motion filed on 7 March 2025 the plaintiff seeks an order that I recuse myself from further hearing of these proceedings. My first involvement with the case was the hearing on 17 and 19 February 2025 of the defendants' application for a permanent stay. I have described the conduct of that hearing in Kearney v Amirbeaggi [2025] NSWSC 147 at [42-45]. The hearing was adjourned on 19 February 2025, when I made procedural orders which are set out at the beginning of the above judgment. They included that the plaintiff's substantive claim was listed for final hearing commencing on 28 April 2025 (with my estimat...