North East Forest Alliance Inc v Forestry Corporation of NSW

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

New South Wales Land and Environment Court

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

27/07/2023

LITIGATION TYPE

Constitutional and Human Rights / State Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Statutory Duty

REVIEW TYPE

Judicial review

SUMMARY

JUDICIAL REVIEW — Decision to approve operational plans — Forestry operations — Jurisdiction and justiciability of grounds of review in relation to integrated forestry operations approval — Standing to sue under s 69ZA of the Forestry Act 2012 (NSW) — Common law test of standing to sue — Special interest — Admissibility of expert evidence in judicial review proceedings — Whether compliance with the conditions of the Coastal Integrated Forestry Operations Approval 2018 a mandatory consideration — Whether principles of ecologically sustainable forestry management a mandatory precondition or consideration — Whether site specific operating conditions a mandatory precondition or consideration.

CASE DOCUMENTS

North East Forest Alliance Inc v Forestry Corporation of NSW [2023] NSWLEC 124