Veenstra v Department of Customer Service
[2023] NSWLEC 99
At a glance
Source factsCourt
Land and Environment Court (NSW)
Decision date
2023-09-25
Before
Pritchard J
Catchwords
- [1990] HCA 30 Jackamarra (an Infant) v Krakouer (1998) 195 CLR 516
- [1998] HCA 27 Teh v Dormer [2016] NSWLEC 42 Tomko v Palasty (No 2) (2007) 71 NSWLR 61
Source
Original judgment source is linked above.
Catchwords
Judgment (10 paragraphs)
JUDGMENT
- By notice of motion filed 14 August 2023, the applicants, Mr Henry Veenstra and Ms Carol Veenstra (the applicants), seek an order pursuant to r 7.3(1) of the Land and Environment Court Rules 2007 (NSW) (LEC Rules), that the Court extends the time limit in r 7.1(1)(a) from 7 July 2023, being the date of the expiry of the time for an appeal under r 7.1(1)(a), to 4 August 2023, being the date of the filing of their Class 3 application seeking to appeal the determination made by Subsidence Advisory NSW (SANSW) pursuant to s 12B of the Mine Subsidence Compensation Act 1961 (NSW) (1961 Act), dated 8 May 2023.
- In their Class 3 application filed on Friday, 4 August 2023 at 5:10pm, the applicants seek the following orders: 1. Allow the appeal from the Determination made by Subsidence Advisory New South Wales dated 8 May 2023. 2. Set aside the Determination made by Subsidence Advisory New South Wales dated 8 May 2023 and in lieu thereof order an amount of compensation payable to the Applicants to be determined by the Court. 3. Costs.
- The background to the appeal from the decision of SANSW is a claim made by the applicants under s 12 of the 1961 Act for damages arising out of subsidence.
- The appeal from the decision of SANSW pursuant to s 12B of the 1961 Act was commenced by the applicants on 4 August 2023, being 28 days after the expiry of the time for an appeal within 60 days under r 7.1(1)(a).
- In support of the application for an extension of time, the applicants read the following affidavits: 1. Ms Carol Veenstra sworn on 14 August 2023 (first Veenstra affidavit); 2. Ms Carol Veenstra sworn on 31 August 2023 (second Veenstra affidavit); and 3. Ms Carol Veenstra sworn on 21 September 2023 (third Veenstra affidavit).