What is the significance of the court number?
The more serious proceedings are generally brought in the Land and Environment Court, which numbers cases as follows. The first digit in the court number is the most significant, as it indicates the class of jurisdiction of the Land and Environment Court the matter also falls into. The Land and Environment Court has 7 classes of jurisdiction. The classes are as follows: • Class 1 – environment planning and protection appeals (including appeals against licence conditions and notices) • Class 2 – local government and miscellaneous appeals and applications (this class is unlikely to involve DECC) • Class 3 – land tenure, valuation, rating and compensation matters (for example, concerning the valuation of land resumed for a national park) • Class 4 – environment planning and protection and development contract civil enforcement (most civil matters including those seeking court orders by way of enforcement and contempt, or brought by other persons to challenge decisions made by DECC) • Clas
The more serious proceedings are generally brought in the Land and Environment Court, which numbers cases as follows. The first digit in the court number is the most significant, as it indicates the class of jurisdiction of the Land and Environment Court the matter also falls into. The Land and Environment Court has 7 classes of jurisdiction. The classes are as follows: • Class 1 – environment planning and protection appeals (including appeals against licence conditions and notices) • Class 2 – local government and miscellaneous appeals and applications (this class is unlikely to involve the DEC) • Class 3 – land tenure, valuation, rating and compensation matters (for example, concerning the valuation of land resumed for a national park) • Class 4 – environment planning and protection and development contract civil enforcement (most civil matters including those seeking court orders by way of enforcement and contempt, or brought by other persons to challenge decisions make by DEC) • Cl
