Australia, Aug. 19 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 18:

1. THE COURT: The applicant, Nader Mohareb, seeks leave to appeal from the orders of Weber SC DCJ, made on 5 July 2024, dismissing two notices of motion that the applicant filed in proceedings commenced in 2018 against the first respondent, the State of NSW (the State), and the fourth respondent, Northern Beaches Council (the Council). His Honour described the notices of motion at the outset of his reasons as follows:

"[1] I have before me two notices of motion filed by the plaintiff. The first in time is the Notice of Motion of 9 November 2022. The only order pressed in that motion is order 5 to the effect that the proceedi...