Cleanaway Solid Waste Pty Ltd v Ipswich City Council & Ors [2020] QPEC 47
18-9-20 / John Ware — Planning & Environment
An appeal against Ipswich City Council’s decision to refuse a development application seeking approval to extend an existing landfill facility. For consideration was whether the amended plans substantially differed from the originals. The Court found that: the scale and intensity of the use applied for remained unchanged; key features of…
Ahrens v Queensland Racing Integrity Commission [2020] QCAT
11-9-20 / Rob Anderson QC — Judicial Review & Administrative, Professional Discipline & Regulatory
QCAT review under s 246 of the Racing Integrity Act 2016 (Qld). The applicant, a race horse trainer, pleaded guilty to charges of breaching the Australian Rule of Racing 178 following a urine sample which found the prohibited substance cobalt above the threshold. At question was the appropriate penalty. Rob…
Ingram as trustee for the Ingram Superannuation Fund v Ardent Leisure Limited [2020] FCA 1302
11-9-20 / James Green — Corporations
This case concerned an application under s 247A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) for disclosure of documents of a corporation for the purpose of determining, amongst other issues, the economic viability of proceeding with a class action. James Green appeared (led by William Edwards) for the Applicants, instructed by Piper…
10-9-20 / Scott McLeod QC, Matthew Wilkinson — Professional Discipline & Regulatory, Judicial Review & Administrative
The Plaintiff was convicted in 1993 for an armed robbery of a bank in Cairns. He spent four years in jail before his conviction was quashed by the High Court because of concerns about a fair trial. The Plaintiff sued the investigating police officer and the State of Queensland claiming…
Crown Melbourne Limited v Commissioner of Taxation [2020] FCA 1295
10-9-20 / Mark Robertson QC — Tax
Proceedings brought under s 14ZZ of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) which were related appeals by the applicants challenging goods and services tax (GST) assessments. The applicants were the owners and operators of casinos in Melbourne and Perth and make “gambling supplies”, as the expression is defined in s 126‑35(1)(b) of A New Tax…
